Podcast Episode 2: Brian Fox on the Nexus Repository Manager
Brian Fox sat down to answer a few questions about Nexus. Why should people be using repositories managers? What differentiates Nexus from other repository managers? How does Nexus store information about a repository? What is the architecture of Nexus? and What is next for Nexus? This interview is approximately 10 minutes long.
To learn more about Nexus and to download it today, go to http://nexus.sonatype.org
m2eclipse 0.9.5 released: POM Editor
The m2eclipse team released an important set of features during last week's 0.9.5 release. Among the important features released to production are the POM Editor, improvements in content assist features, tweaks to the project creation wizards and a whole host of other features which will change the way you use Eclipse and Maven.
Ease of Navigation: Unit Tests
One of the most useful features is a subtle, yet important navigation link in the output of the Surefire plugin. When a test is listed in the Surefire plugin output, you are now able to click on the name of the test and navigate to it immediately:
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介绍 Apache Maven: The Definitive (Chinese) Guide
Taking the first steps toward a Chinese translation
The Register Covers Sonatype at Eclipse: Future Plans for OSGi Support
From the article:
Van Zyl said efforts to integrate Maven and the Eclipse Web Tools Project and AspectJ are getting the biggest interest from those in the community. Also, he's looking towards integration between Eclipse's OSGi-based runtime project, Equinox.
Sonatype will put OSGi-based Ganymede bundles in the Maven central repository in the "near future", according to van Zyl. Further out, Sonatype plans tools making it possible to search for OSGi components inside Maven and to consume them.Read the full article at The Register.
Infoworld, Bloggers React to Our Eclipse Debut
[Sonatype was] Founded by the team that built the Apache Maven Java build and release framework and repository, Sonatype joins Eclipse as a strategic developer. Sonatype will lead development of the m2eclipse project, which is an Eclipse plug-in combining Maven and Eclipse. Release 1.0 of m2eclipse is anticipated by mid-September, said Jason van Zyl, CTO and co-founder of Sontatype and developer of Maven."Maven combined with the Eclipse IDE is, we think, a solution that is starting to approach the usability of Visual Studio," van Zyl said.
The company has a seat on the Eclipse Board of Directors and the Eclipse Planning and Architecture council.
Polyglot Maven: Maven for Scala
Updates to Nexus Chapter: Services, Security, and more...
There's been a new release of Nexus verion 1.0.0-beta-4. To download this new release, go to the Nexus Download Page, and download the release from July 3rd, 2008. Also, there's been an update to the Nexus Chapter. Changes include a post-install checklist, scheduled services, and coverage of other new features. Including...
m2eclipse Chapter Update: POM Editor + Dependency Graphs
Sonatype Blogs in Chinese: Juven Xu's Maven中文
Sonatype is happy to announce that we have a new Maven-focused blog in Chinese. Juven Xu has been helping Sonatype create, customize, and translate documentation to Chinese, and he's also started a very successful blog at Javaeye. Read Juven's Maven中文 blog.