What is Maven?

From the Apache Maven website:

"Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting and documentation from a central place.

Maven 3 aims to ensure backward compatibility with Maven 2, improve usability, increase performance, allow safe embedding, and pave the way to implement many highly demanded features.

The core release is independent of the plugins available. Further releases of plugins will be made separately. See the PluginList for more information.

We hope you enjoy using Maven! If you have any questions, please consult:

• the web site: http://maven.apache.org/

• the maven-user mailing list: http://maven.apache.org/mail-lists.html

• the reference documentation: http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.2.5/

The full list of changes can be found in our issue management system."