Just keep in mind that we have stopped maintenance on these books a long time ago and things like plugin versions and such are outdated. The general concepts and so however all still apply.
manfred Thad Humphries wrote on 2022-01-27 16:29 (GMT -08:00): > I started with "Maven by Example" which is free from Sonatype: > https://books.sonatype.com/mvnex-book/reference/index.html > > I worked by way though this book over two days, then using it and "Maven: > The Complete Reference" ( > https://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/index.html) and Apache's > web site I began moving a library of eight projects from Ant to Maven. > > Good luck! > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 5:23 PM Bruno Melloni <b...@melloni.com> wrote: > >> It became very clear to me that my current approach of googling >> tutorials, guides and solutions is a wildly inadequate approach to learn >> Maven. Mainly because all of those are either far too basic for "real >> life" projects, or because they assume prior knowledge that I don't yet >> have. >> >> So, I am looking to buy a good book to methodically learn all I need >> about Maven. >> >> Because of how I learn best I would like to find a book that uses the >> following as its presentation approach: >> >> * It must be gradual, starting from the assumption that I know nothing >> and only learn what is taught in the book. >> * New concepts must include sample code that I can type and test, >> either complete code or as an extension to a previous example. >> Absolutely no "loose snippets" that assume prior knowledge (for >> example this is what makes most formal Spring documentation >> completely useless to me, as I often can't follow it to a complete >> functioning solution, and I had similar but not as severe issues >> with the formal Apache Maven documentation). >> * The end of each chapter must have exercises that I can code and run >> to test my understanding, with the ability to download the solution >> from a website in those cases when my code fails to function correctly. >> * Not essential but it would be ideal if the book was available in >> electronic form and readable through an ebook reader that functions >> on a Microsoft Surface tablet (Windows 10/11) and remembers the last >> page I read (even better if position syncs between the tablet and my >> desktop so that I can continue reading on either). >> >> If _you learned Maven from a book that matches at least the first 3 >> criteria_, please recommend it. I'd greatly appreciate it. >> > > > -- > "Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd In one self-place; but where we > are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be" --Christopher > Marlowe, *Doctor Faustus* (v. 111-13) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
