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If you find yourself using Maven in your day to day work, or you're even thinking about it, this should be an essential addition to your library.
Why? Because in short, the documentation for this astonishingly complex tool falls short of the mark in a number of areas, and this book will fill those gaps as well as provide the necessary modicum of hand holding to get you up and running productively in a very short while.
It's also a much better and more comprehensive reference to Maven's features than much of the online documentation, which suffers from the UNIX manual page syndrome: It's great if you already know how to use it, but nearly unintelligible if you don't.
I can only hope the authors publish additional volumes covering some of the more specific aspects of using Maven's myriad plugins, which can either make your life heaven or hell depending on how well you understand them.
All in all this is a great book, and Timothy O'Brien gets kudos for tackling a touch topic so thoroughly.
Why? Because in short, the documentation for this astonishingly complex tool falls short of the mark in a number of areas, and this book will fill those gaps as well as provide the necessary modicum of hand holding to get you up and running productively in a very short while.
It's also a much better and more comprehensive reference to Maven's features than much of the online documentation, which suffers from the UNIX manual page syndrome: It's great if you already know how to use it, but nearly unintelligible if you don't.
I can only hope the authors publish additional volumes covering some of the more specific aspects of using Maven's myriad plugins, which can either make your life heaven or hell depending on how well you understand them.
All in all this is a great book, and Timothy O'Brien gets kudos for tackling a touch topic so thoroughly.
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