Category Archives: Book

Maven Handbook 0.1.3: Minimal Update, Print-friendly PDF


September 17, 2009 By Tim O'Brien

Announcing the availability of The Maven Handbook, Edition 0.1.3. While this book is at an early, pre-alpha stage of development, you can read it by:

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Maven Tips and Tricks: Browsing and Indexing Repositories with m2eclipse


September 16, 2009 By Tim O'Brien

The m2eclipse plugin allows you to browse and manipulate repository indexes. Using the Maven Repository view in m2eclipse you can:

  • Browse your Local Maven repository
  • Browse global repositories such as the Central Maven repository
  • Browse a repository which captures artifacts generated by Maven projects in your Eclipse workspace
  • Rebuild a Nexus Index from scratch
  • Update a Nexus Index with incremental changes
  • Modify the scope of repository indexing with a “minimal” or “full” index
  • Disable Indexing for a repository
  • Materialize a Maven project from information stored in a POM

For more information about this new view, see Browsing and Manipulating Maven Repositories in Edition 0.6 of Developing with Eclipse and Maven.   Read on to find out how to open this view in m2eclipse.

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m2eclipse Book 0.6: Maven Repository View, Better PDF Output


By Tim O'Brien

Announcing the availability of Developing with Eclipse and Maven, Edition 0.6. Learn m2eclipse today by:

This edition adds a new section describing the new Maven Repository view. The 0.6 Edition also includes format changes necessary to facilitate on-demand printing.

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Nexus Book 1.6: Expanded Introduction to Repository Management


September 11, 2009 By Tim O'Brien

Announcing the availability of Repository Management with Nexus, Edition 1.6. Learn Nexus today by:

This edition expands the introduction to introduce and provide motivation for using a repository manager. If you want to know what a repository is and why you need to use a repository manager, read the new introduction. Read more for a detailed list of changes:

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