If you are like most developers, you've spent a lot more time on infrastructure, builds, deployments, and keeping track of documentation and metrics than you might think is worthwhile.

Much of this is because standards keep rising. Who would have thought that test-first programming would be a requirement on most projects in 2006? But whatever the reason for all the busy work, it's a big challenge, and it doesn't always add value. Enter Maven to take over most of the tasks previously shunted off to Ant or Make. Better yet, standardizing and automating these same tasks, so they are always the same on every project.

Even these features are overshadowed by Maven's coolest feature, the end of jar hell! Wait 'till you see the Maven Repository in action!

Don't take anyone's word for it, try it yourself! In this presentation, we'll take a couple projects all the way from soup to nuts right before your eyes, and demonstrate most of the key features in living color. If we do it right, you'll think that it's so easy you'll be yawning and checking your watch before we get to the last slide. And we WILL cover some gotchas – there are many.

Presented by Pete Carapetyan

Sponsored by Custom Credit Systems