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Introducing Maven is your quick start-up primer guide on Maven. This fully packed mini-book includes the new features and enhancements found in the latest version of Maven.

In this short 100-page book, you´ll learn all about Maven and how to set it up to use. You´ll learn about the Maven life cycle and how to effectively leverage and use it. Also, you´ll learn the basics of using site plugins and generating Javadocs, test coverage/FindBugs reports, version/release notes and more. Furthermore, you´ll take advantage of Maven´s archetypes to bootstrap new projects easily. Finally, you will learn how to integrate Nexus repository manager with Maven release phases.

After reading and using this short book, you´ll have an understanding of Maven´s dependency management and how to organize basic and multi-module Maven projects.

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1. Maven Basics
2. Setting up Maven
3. Maven Basic Project
4. Maven Advanced Project
5. Maven Life Cycle
6. Documentation and Reporting
7. Maven Archetypes
8. Maven Release

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Balaji Varanasi is a software development manager and technology entrepreneur. He has over 13 years of experience architecting and developing Java/.Net applications and, more recently, iPhone apps. During this period he has worked in the areas of security, web accessibility, search, and enterprise portals. He has a Master s Degree in Computer Science and serves as adjunct faculty, teaching programming and information system courses. When not programming, he enjoys spending time with his lovely wife in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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