Summary

This chapter focused on building a basic foundation around Maven to bring all the readers into a common ground. It started with explaining the basic steps to install and configure Maven under Ubuntu, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The latter part of the chapter covered some of the common useful Maven tips and tricks. As we proceed with the book, some of the concepts touched in this chapter will be discussed in detail.

In the next chapter, we will discuss Maven Project Object Model (POM) in detail.