I saw this complete Apache Software Foundation stack on Apache website. It’s good to see all the projects from Apache in a single table with various categories. I was amazed to know that apache is really contributing big time to open source arena. Click on the image to have a bigger and clear view.
It seems Apache is putting all efforts for making a project build a smooth task. Earlier Ant and now the new buzz is Maven.. Well I got some info from Apache’s web site ,the main points are listed below ..
If you think that Maven could help your project, you can find out more information at Apache
Maven was originally started as an attempt to simplify the build processes in the Jakarta Turbine project. There were several projects each with their own Ant build files that were all slightly different and JARs were checked into CVS. We wanted a standard way to build the projects, a clear definition of what the project consisted of, an easy way to publish project information and a way to share JARs across several projects.
The result is a tool that can now be used for building and managing any Java-based project. We hope that we have created something that will make the day-to-day work of Java developers easier and generally help with the comprehension of any Java-based project.
Maven's primary goal is to allow a developer to comprehend the complete state of a development effort in the shortest period of time. In order to attain this goal there are several areas of concern that Maven attempts to deal with:
