Hi Rick, This might help you search for existing archetypes: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Archetypes+List.
I too found the maven site to be confusing when I first started using maven, though now that I'm more familiar with maven the site serves quite well as a resource. You might find this online book more useful to help you get started: http://www.sonatype.com/book/. Good luck! Regards, Doron -----Original Message----- From: Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 8, 2008 11:15 To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken Hi Rick- Please update Maven 2 JIRA so engineers may be apprised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-51 Thanks Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:06 AM Subject: site is very confusing for beginners - how to get list of archetypes - link on faq is broken > I'm really struggling with the way the maven2 site is organized. > > I'm on the getting started guide > http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html > > I get to the point where it mentions "How do I make my first Maven > project" and it talks about Archetypes. I figured I'd like to see what > archetypes I can use since the one it shows seems to make a jar (and > I'm curious about ears and wars as well.) So I lick on the link right > there in the description "Introduction to Archetypes" and I'm brought > to this page which says very little. > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-archetypes > .html > > So I figured I'll browse the site and try to find out how I can find a > list of archetypes. Now where would you go on the site to find this? > I'd think this would be important information? > > I've been looking everywhere. I shouldn't have to go to a FAQ for this > important information, but more on that later. So I'm not going to the > FAQ and searching all the menu items. By accident I happen to look at > plugins and I noticed an "archetype" plugin so I click on that and get > some decent info but still no explanation of what archetypes are > available. > > Eventually I give up and figure I'll browse the FAQ. There happens to > be a link "How do I get a list of archetypes" but when I click on it I > get a 404 > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/archetype/trunk/maven-archetypes > > A frustrating start for me. I hope it gets better. > > -- > Rick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
