# IT:AD:Maven #



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Maven is a command-line tool for building Java (and other) programs. 

The most powerful feature is able to download the project dependency libraries automatically (compare with [[IT/AD/Nuget/]]).

It does more than just downloading dependencies (see [[IT/AD/Nuget/]]) but as to why Nuget is all that is known to Windows developers is well summarized [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/15595396/1052767):

>So In brief, MsBuild + Nuget is good enough in .Net world for most of the project , Maven is just overkill for them.

That said, when working with Java tools, *"JAR hell is a big problem in the Java Land right from beginning and you need some tooling to cope with it."*. Hence a need to know how to work with Maven.

An example of where it can be useful to a .NET developer is:

* [[IT/AD/Selenium/HowTo/Install]]


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## Resources ##

* http://www.tutorialspoint.com/maven/maven_quick_guide.htm
* http://www.tutorialspoint.com/maven/maven_useful_resources.htm