Maven Best Practices

Make the build reproducible

– Always specify a version for Maven2 plugins

– Minimize number of SNASPHOT dependencies

– Use dependency management section

– Beware of relocation in maven repo

– After a dependency modification, double check the produced artifacts

Use and abuse of modules

– more “technical/layered”

– more business oriented

Make the build maintainable

– Prefer default directory layout

– Avoid duplication by moving common tags to parent pom

– Always specify a version of dependencies in a parent pom

– Use Properties Liberally

– Minimize the number of Profiles

Make the build portable

– Don’t commit eclipse and maven artifacts

– Don’t modify pom/artifactsin your "enterprise" repository