Re: what is the advantage of using maven for java standalone app

From:

Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:13:04 -0700 (PDT)

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mche...@gmail.com wrote:

advantage is , i [sic] can use husdon [sic] to do continue integration,
this not very possible to a standalone app

Actually, it is very, very possible.

Simply tell Hudson to run the Ant build.

Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:

Why do you think it is not possible to build a standalone app using
a continuous integration server like Hudson - what's the difference?

Have you seen Eclipse which builds quite a lot of desktop
components, uses Hudson too?

https://hudson.eclipse.org/

i [sic] used husdon [sic] to build a war and auto deploy to my tomcat [sic]
every 1 hour, so when i [sic] browse to my tomcat, i [sic] always see the my
latest webapp. If i [sic] am doing standalone app, even hudson [sic] can
build a jar [sic] for me, i [sic] still need a lot of step to run it
manually, so i [sic] think it is not a great advantage.

What do you mean by "run it manually"?

You can set up Hudson to create a Java WebStart source for the app so you can
run it in one step.

So no, you do not need a lot of steps to run it. Unless one is a "lot".

One point I agree with maven [sic] is that it can manage the dependence
version more easily.

More easily than what?

But this is not a very bid advantage for me.

Isn't it?

--
Lew