On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:11 +0200, Kevin McNamee wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I have high hopes for Maven and am looking forward deploying it here. > I have been struggling to get Maven to create a plugin for me for > about a week now. From the mails on this list I realise that > documentation is lacking but that with the launch of Maven 2.0 nearing > it will soon be fixed.
http://www.codehaus.org/~jvanzyl/maven2/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin- development.html > > > However, I would have believed it possible to hack my way through some > examples to get something (i.e. a plugin) up and running with Maven > pretty quickly. Those of us who have worked with Makefiles and Ant > also expect to be able to avoid the specifics of the programming > environment being compiled when using Maven. In other words my first > approach to Maven is to script something that compiles the product. In > Maven 1.0 it was Jelly and in Maven 2.0 it is … well ... what is it? http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Maven+Plugin+Matrix The matrix now has references to the SVN repositories and there are no end of examples there. All the plug-ins thus far are written in Java. > Is it Marmalade? It exists but is lagging and now seems to out of the > picture altogether. See: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=turbine-maven- > dev&m=112735456701029&w=2 Marmalade won't be officially supported. > > > Is it AntRun? Maybe here is where I will start my next attempt. > > http://maven.apache.org/maven2/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/index.html > It's an option for sure. > > Beanshells are written in Java > > http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/brett/archives/001090_writing_beanshell_plugins_for_maven_20.html Beanshell is a scripting language. > To help find the right direction I began at: > > http://maven.apache.org/maven2/plugin-overview.html > > which only refers to Mojos and Beanshells. Is there to be no scripting > language??? > Beanshell _is_ a scripting language and we have noted on the mailing lists support for other languages like JRuby, Groovy and Jython. > So perhaps you understand my frustration. Where do I begin writing > plugins without using a programming language? What is the Maven > philosophy? Java, beanshell and antrun options as you've noted are what you've got right now. > Perhaps the introduction for the Plugin Development Guide could start > by pointing out what plugin technologies are available. Noted, and I'll add that to make it more clear. The current guide strictly focuses on Java. > > > Any insights appreciated, > > Kevin > > > > > > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin McNamee > Design Engineer > Symsoft AB Kista > Science Tower > > > TEL > FAX > GSM > > > +46 8 503 86 637 > +46 8 566 166 01 > +46 702 49 12 92 > > > > > > Färögatan 33, Box > 1219 > SE-164 28 Kista, > Sweden > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.symsoft.se > > > > > > -- jvz. Jason van Zyl jason at maven.org http://maven.apache.org We know what we are, but know not what we may be. -- Shakespeare --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
