Tag Archives: Maven 3

Maven 3: The Future of Enterprise Java Build Infrastructure


May 5, 2011 By hloney

The Maven 3: The Future of Enterprise Java Build Infrastructure presentation is now available for viewing. This presentation was given at EclipseCon 2011 by Sonatype founder Jason van Zyl.

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Maven 3 is the best version of Maven yet. Maven 3 is faster, has been optimized for IDE use, and is fully backward compatible with Maven 2. One of the big focuses of Maven 3 is to provide a more reliable, more stable and better performing build tool. Faster Maven builds lead to higher developer productivity in your organization.

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Nexus 1.9 – Performance, Compatibility, and Dependency Browsing


April 14, 2011 By Brian Fox

Sonatype has released the latest version of our industry leading repository manager – Nexus 1.9.1

This post outlines some of the new features available in all 1.9 releases of both Nexus Professional and Nexus Open Source. This release has a lot of important, under-the-hood changes – including a number of changes to the core infrastructure of Nexus to increase Maven 3 compatibility and to incorporate open source libraries for repository interaction (Aether and Maven Indexer). In addition to a wide array of fixes and features in Nexus Open Source, you can now use Nexus Professional to analyze Maven Dependencies.

Changes in Nexus Professional 1.9.1

Nexus Professional has the following key benefits.  For a complete list of all features added and bugs fixed in Nexus Professional 1.9.1, see the official release notes (note: release notes require a log-in).

  • Moved the Custom Metadata Plugin to optional plugins – This Custom Metadata plugin is now shipped as an optional dependency. If you are using the Custom Metadata plugin you will need to copy this plugin from the optional dependencies directory to the plugins directory. Nexus will then start up this plugin the next time it is restarted.
  • The New Maven Module Dependency Report – Nexus Professional adds a helpful report for people browsing the repository. For the first time, you can click on an artifact and see a report of Maven dependencies. From this report you can click through to search for dependencies.

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Configuring Plugin Goals in Maven 3


March 4, 2011 By Bentmann Benjamin

In Maven 3.0.3, we introduced some improvements to the way plugin goals can be configured. This post summarizes these improvements and gives some examples of how Maven plugin configuration has been enhanced. We’ve focused on making improvements that will reduce the friction of plugin configuration for both plugin developers and Maven end-users.

First, a general tip for users interested in using these enhancements in POMs: use the requireMavenVersion rule from the Maven Enforcer Plugin and required Maven version 3.0.3.  This will save other team members from running into strange build failures due to plugin misconfiguration if they are still using previous Maven versions.   Likewise, plugin authors that take advantage of these enhancements should properly declare the Maven prerequisite in the plugin POM.

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Maven 3 webinar recording now available


October 29, 2010 By hloney

If you missed Sonatype’s latest webinar on Maven 3.x: The Evolution of Enterprise Java Build Infrastructures, download the webinar recording here.

Maven 3 is the best version of Maven yet. Maven 3 is faster, has been optimized for IDE use, and is fully backward compatible with Maven 2.  In this webinar, Jason van Zyl discusses Maven 3, the future of Java Build Infrastructures and the upcoming Sonatype Professional suite.

For more from Sonatype including upcoming product releases, training sessions and webinars visit www.sonatype.com.

Maven 3 webinar next week


October 22, 2010 By hloney

Sonatype will be hosting a free webinar on Maven 3 next week.  Maven 3 is the best version of Maven yet. Maven 3 is faster, has been optimized for IDE use, and is fully backward compatible with Maven 2. Please join us as Jason van Zyl discusses Maven 3, the future of Java Build Infrastructures.

Click here to register for this webinar.

Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Time:

  • 6:00 am Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
  • 9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
  • 2:00 pm Western European Summer Time (London, GMT+01:00)
  • 3:00 pm Europe Summer Time (Amsterdam, GMT+02:00)

Estimated duration: 45 minutes