Comments on: Alternatives for Maven, Building With Less Frustration http://www.streamhead.com/maven-alternatives/ multimedia webapplication thoughts and experiments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter Backx http://www.streamhead.com/maven-alternatives/#comment-2905 Peter Backx Thu, 05 May 2011 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.streamhead.com/?p=1995#comment-2905 Of course it depends on your preferences. Me, I hate the elaborate way of specifying things in Maven's XML. If you can live with that, there really is no reason to switch. Many of the alternatives proposed here can do much more than building. You're probably correct that some of the more advanced Maven features aren't always supported. It'll depend on your way of working whether or not that's a problem. Of course it depends on your preferences. Me, I hate the elaborate way of specifying things in Maven’s XML. If you can live with that, there really is no reason to switch.
Many of the alternatives proposed here can do much more than building. You’re probably correct that some of the more advanced Maven features aren’t always supported. It’ll depend on your way of working whether or not that’s a problem.

]]> By: Riccardo Pasquini http://www.streamhead.com/maven-alternatives/#comment-2904 Riccardo Pasquini Wed, 04 May 2011 12:09:00 +0000 http://www.streamhead.com/?p=1995#comment-2904 Hi... are you talking about "building" or "project management"? are they real alternatives to every feature provided by maven? i don't think so... moreover... why a DSL should be better than an XML project descriptor? I think it is more specialized, so it is for less people... bye Hi… are you talking about “building” or “project management”? are they real alternatives to every feature provided by maven? i don’t think so… moreover… why a DSL should be better than an XML project descriptor? I think it is more specialized, so it is for less people…

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]]> By: Peter Backx http://www.streamhead.com/maven-alternatives/#comment-2837 Peter Backx Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.streamhead.com/?p=1995#comment-2837 Thanks for the suggestion. SBT looks like another very good alternative. The continuous testing sounds like a great idea. Thanks for the suggestion. SBT looks like another very good alternative. The continuous testing sounds like a great idea.

]]> By: Pascal Erb http://www.streamhead.com/maven-alternatives/#comment-2833 Pascal Erb Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.streamhead.com/?p=1995#comment-2833 I'd like to suggest one more for your list: The "simple build tool": https://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/ It's a scala build tool in the first place, but equally supports building java. It includes it's own dependency management, but also offers the option to use Ivy or Maven files. And for behavior or test driven design it contains a very valuable feature: You may trigger a task as to be repeated if project files on disk change - a bit like the tool "autotest" in the ruby world. Unfortunately JUnit is currently not supported. But a respective extension should be easily done, since the supported test frameworks all are required to implement the same interface. So in my opinion this is potentially a drop in replacement for maven too - and a bit more ;-) I’d like to suggest one more for your list: The “simple build tool”: https://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/
It’s a scala build tool in the first place, but equally supports building java. It includes it’s own dependency management, but also offers the option to use Ivy or Maven files. And for behavior or test driven design it contains a very valuable feature: You may trigger a task as to be repeated if project files on disk change – a bit like the tool “autotest” in the ruby world. Unfortunately JUnit is currently not supported. But a respective extension should be easily done, since the supported test frameworks all are required to implement the same interface. So in my opinion this is potentially a drop in replacement for maven too – and a bit more ;-)

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