Introduction to Maven 2

Ant is the default for many web application developers, but in this article I make the case for using Maven 2 to save you a lot of time and hassle. I introduce core Maven 2 concepts and then show how easy it is to develop a web app with Maven 2.
Read the article here! Also, in 2009 I presented on Maven 2 for SeaJUG - download the slides here.

Books

Each book link points to the website for the book, including source code and reviews for each book.

eBay & Web Services

Download a whitepaper on eBay's web services efforts. The white paper covers the reasons behind eBay's support for web services, the business model for both eBay and 3rd parties, and the success and scale of the effort to date.

Presentation Slides

• Under-the-hood Eval of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 for the East Bay Java SIG, Oct 2003
• Java & XML, created for Sun Microsystems, 2000
• Deployment, for the Seattle Java User Group, Oct 2001