For our December meeting, we will be having a Maven 2 workshop. The plan is take a very simple Web application project and build it using Maven 2. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, download the files, and follow along. The goal is to give people the basic information they need to start using Maven 2 in a hands-on way.
While anyone can come to the workshop, if you want to enjoy the hands-on experience, you'll need a laptop with Java, Maven 2, and Tomcat installed. For those who don't have laptops or can't get these components set up we'll try to pair you with someone else.
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We will not spend any substantial meeting time helping people get these components installed, the point is to actually use Maven 2. Please make sure you have these components in place before the meeting. In addition, here are some files specifically for the workshop:
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If you can you may also wish to download these files before the meeting.