Paul Clapham wrote:Nitpick:
Gerard Gauthier wrote:This question is aimed at Java programmers who have experience with the language...
But "greenhorns" are "beginners", so your question wasn't aimed at them.
Stephan van Hulst wrote:What's wrong with the Maven in 5 Minutes guide and the Getting Started guide?
Stephan van Hulst wrote:I don't know what the purpose of the archetype is. When I looked at the directory structure it generates it seems pretty useless to me.
I never really use archetypes. I suggest you learn the Maven POM reference and set up your projects manually. It's not very difficult.
Monica Shiralkar wrote:
Gerard Gauthier wrote: areas of memory that can hold data.
What does areas of memory that can hold data mean. Even a string is also an area of memory that can hold data.
Stephan van Hulst wrote:I don't know what the purpose of the archetype is. When I looked at the directory structure it generates it seems pretty useless to me.
I never really use archetypes. I suggest you learn the Maven POM reference and set up your projects manually. It's not very difficult.
Rob Spoor wrote:... Just remember that any project using the dependency cannot be built by others that don't have the dependency.