Maven 2.0: Enterprise Peace of Mind Is All Part of the Package

As the world of Web design seems to become more and more diversified, some designers are adding Java work to their repertoire. Getting a handle on all of this can mean the difference between success and failure. Knowing this, does it not make sense to look into using Maven in order to help get all of that anarchy on track?

Building enterprise Java applications is a challenging process in which you build, package, and deploy multiple components to a variety of environments. And these components will frequently depend on one another and on third-party libraries and frameworks. Furthermore, you must also manage static resources, configuration files, and deployment descriptors, as well as produce packages that are compliant with J2EE specifications. You may also want all of this tested and plugged into a continuous integration build system. Every enterprise application built will address these issues to some extent, and most will do so differently. [Read the rest]