> Hi i have been trying to develop a automated application on maven which > reduces the time of people in installing various programs such as > netbeans,grails or any other program on a brand new or a formatted PC.
Unless your target is a specific platform (eg Windows XP), I'm not sure how easy this will actually be since you'll need to use different types of executable files for each different platform etc. Also you'll need to keep updating the plugin to reflect new versions of apps as they are released which can be a bit like hitting a moving target. I'm also unsure as to the actual value of this plugin (for me personally, perhaps others would find it very useful). > 1. Do i have to write my own plugin for this, i read about a EXEC plugin > which helps run a external exe file. Is that enough, how can i configure it? The exec-maven-plugin is very well documented. http://mojo.codehaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/exec-mojo.html > 2. If i have to write a plugin, can anyone give me some proper material on > how this can be done. Writing a new Maven plugin is also well documented. http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html http://www.sonatype.com/books/maven-book/reference/writing-plugins.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/308865/good-tutorial-for-writing-maven-plugins > 3. I would be very happy if anyone could point me to the right direction. Find an existing plugin that does something similar to what you are trying to do and look at its source code. Or use Google to find more information. Then come back here when you run into SPECIFIC problems. Wayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
