Apache Maven is an open-source project management tool, based on the Project Object Model. Maven contains XML files also referred to as pom.xml which includes configuration details, project dependencies, and other data which can benefit your server.
In this article, we will be discussing how the Maven project management tool may benefit your Linux VPS server projects.
Apache Maven is popular with Java and mainly used for managing projects, here are the benefits of using it on your VPS projects.
- Better dependency management.
- Easy to manage and does not store third-party libraries.
- Doesn’t cost much space in the project.
- All configurations can be managed in a single XML file.
- Maven provides reports that highlight the dependencies that have been used in a project.
- Better debugging can be done more easily.
- Provide better collaboration. The project can use a jar version that is standardized.
- Remove duplicates and minimize dependencies.
- Makes testing and deploying projects more convenient.
- Provides a project structure that is consistent.
- A detailed analysis regarding project dependencies and highlights the missing dependencies in the project.
- Makes managing dependency upgrades much easier.
- Allows built and unified packaging to deploy much more easily.
These are some of the benefits of Maven and you will be able to find more other useful features when using it with your projects.
