Exactly, I'll never turn back. I'll also mention again, I don't know who uses netbeans, but I really find this Maven2 netbeans plugin to be invaluable:
http://mevenide.codehaus.org/m2-site/ It has a lot of context sensitive input for the pom.xml, for dependencies and treats a maven2 project as if it's a native netbeans project. It has a few shortcomings, but it helps you to see what dependencies Maven2 is pulling in and where they are coming from, as well as single clicks to build, exclude dependencies that you don't need, and other stuff. I've found it extremely useful. There are similar ones for other IDEs, but this one has been the most helpful thusfar. On 9/25/07, Siegmann Daniel, NY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maven docs are time consuming. > > Now I recall words from one of our team member: "I my last > > project we started to use maven and then we refused to use it > > because it was hard. Then we started to use Ant, and that is ok." > > Maven has a steep learning curve, no doubt. However, once you've gotten > past that and set up the build, it is easy to understand and maintain. > Not to mention all the 'magic' that Maven has. > > Sure, it's easier to get Ant to do what you want in the first place, but > it's likely to be much harder to maintain and has to be re-written for > each project. > > Despite all the trouble I've had with Maven, I still wouldn't trade it > for Ant. > > -- > Daniel Siegmann > FJA-US, Inc. > 512 7th Ave. 15th Flr. New York, NY 10018 > (212) 840-2618 x139 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
