Comments on: Why I like Maven: Commonality and Variability http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Big Stu http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-42466 Big Stu Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:04:35 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-42466 This thread is full of win. Let's all circle up and show each other our 'db plugins'. This thread is full of win.

Let’s all circle up and show each other our ‘db plugins’.

]]> By: Jason Carreira http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25009 Jason Carreira Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:30:16 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25009 Well, I won't gratuitously wave any appendages, but it's possible (and not that hard) to do the same with Ant.... And Ivy's dependency resolution is better than Maven's. How's those Jelly scripts treating you? How much fun is it when you want to do it slightly differently from the way the plugin writer wanted you to do it? Well, I won’t gratuitously wave any appendages, but it’s possible (and not that hard) to do the same with Ant…. And Ivy’s dependency resolution is better than Maven’s.

How’s those Jelly scripts treating you? How much fun is it when you want to do it slightly differently from the way the plugin writer wanted you to do it?

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25008 dion Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:58:38 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25008 We also have a 'db' plugin. Maybe we should all work on a common plugin. We also have a ‘db’ plugin.

Maybe we should all work on a common plugin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25007 Anonymous Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:14:37 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25007 NIY syndrom... oh well... NIY syndrom… oh well…

]]> By: Dion http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25006 Dion Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:04:45 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25006 Anony Mouse - I don't think the point was that maven is the only tool in which you could do database stuff, or that you can't do custom things to modularise. I just think maven is good at doing it :) And, although your home grown thing could be cool, I don't get much benefit from it. With maven, when some nice person updates the FOO plugin, I DO benefit from it. Cheers, Dion Anony Mouse -

I don’t think the point was that maven is the only tool in which you could do database stuff, or that you can’t do custom things to modularise.

I just think maven is good at doing it :)

And, although your home grown thing could be cool, I don’t get much benefit from it. With maven, when some nice person updates the FOO plugin, I DO benefit from it.

Cheers,

Dion

]]> By: Charles Miller http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25005 Charles Miller Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:42:12 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25005 I'd like to nominate the comment above me for the "Gratuitous Dick-Waving Award" of July 2005. I’d like to nominate the comment above me for the “Gratuitous Dick-Waving Award” of July 2005.

]]> By: Anonymous http://almaer.com/blog/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability/comment-page-1#comment-25004 Anonymous Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:16:23 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog2/why-i-like-maven-commonality-and-variability#comment-25004 Great. I did this 5 years ago with Ant and I can change database on the fly and it will pickup the appropriate sql files (postgres, mysql, oracle, ...) to create db and populate. It has been reused for the last 5 years in all my projects with improved flexibility and simplicity and the build configuration is centralized and versioned. It has been used successfully (and still is) within a commercial product made of 700KSLOC, 40 modules and over 70 dependencies (opensource or commercial) with a mix of C, C++ and Java building on 3 Linux, Solaris and Windows. Oh, and the Ant build file for a typical module is 6 lines. Any other reason why Maven is useful ? Great. I did this 5 years ago with Ant and I can change database on the fly and it will pickup the appropriate sql files (postgres, mysql, oracle, …) to create db and populate.

It has been reused for the last 5 years in all my projects with improved flexibility and simplicity and the build configuration is centralized and versioned. It has been used successfully (and still is) within a commercial product made of 700KSLOC, 40 modules and over 70 dependencies (opensource or commercial) with a mix of C, C++ and Java building on 3 Linux, Solaris and Windows.

Oh, and the Ant build file for a typical module is 6 lines.

Any other reason why Maven is useful ?

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