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Running JUnit tests
from Maven2
The conventional view serves to protect
us from the painful job of thinking.
—John Kenneth Galbraith
This chapter covers
Introduction to Maven
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Dependency management the Maven way
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Maven Surefire plug-in
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Maven Surefire Report plug-in
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In this chapter we discuss and reveal another common build system tool called
Maven. We show you how Maven differs from Ant. We also present a brief introduc-
tion to this build system, which will be useful if you're new to it or need a way to
start your tests continuously.
People sometimes come to Maven thinking that it will be something like Ant.
Once they discover that it's totally different, they get frustrated. Don't worry; you're
not alone. This is why we spend the first few pages of this chapter explaining what's
most essential in order to understand Maven: how it's different from Ant. After
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