This chapter expands on the information introduced in
Chapter 3, A Simple Maven Project. We’re going to create a simple project generated
with the Maven Archetype plugin, add some dependencies, add some
source code, and customize the project to suit our needs. By the end
of this chapter, you will know how to start using Maven to create real
projects.
4.1.1. Downloading this Chapter’s Example
We’ll be developing a useful program that interacts with a Yahoo
Weather web service. Although you should be able to follow along with
this chapter without the example source code, we recommend that you
download a copy of the code to use as a reference. This chapter’s
example project may be downloaded with the book’s example code at:
http://books.sonatype.com/mvnex-book/mvnex-examples.zip
Unzip this archive in any directory, and then go to the ch-custom/
directory. There you will see a directory named simple-weather/,
which contains the Maven project developed in this chapter.
