On Fri, October 12, 2007 6:14 pm, Quakky wrote: > My question: Is there anyway a user like me (a noob, who only finished the > "simple" project and never really got it to work 100%) can be able to make > maven work with a complex project that was Not made with maven and be able > to implement this project into a maven environment, and be able to have > maven work in about 2 weeks? or do I need more time to learn Maven?
You'll very probably need more time. Maven's strength lies in standardisation: Because source code is in a standard place, you don't need to tell the compiler or javadocs where to find the code. Because test output is written to a standard place, you don't need to tell maven how to incorporate your test results in your documentation, etc. The trouble is that when you start to depart from this standardisation, you have to start overriding the default behaviour and increasing the size of your maven config, which can end up giving the impression that maven is harder than it needs to be. Start small, and get some basic stuff working first. If you can, refactor your code to conform with the maven structure, updating your previous build as appropriate. Eventually, you can wean yourself off the previous build system entirely. Regards, Graham -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
