1. Creating a Maven Project

• Step 1: Open Terminal

• Step 2: Generate Project

  If there is already a folder named MyMavenApp then change the -DrartifactId value to some other name or delete the MyMavenApp folder.

  mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=MyMavenApp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false
  

• Step 3: Navigate to Project Directory

  cd MyMavenApp
  

2. Maven Project Layout

To visualize the structure of the generated Maven project, you can use the tree command.

If tree is not already installed on your system, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo snap install tree

Then, navigate to your project directory (e.g., cd MyMavenApp) and run:

tree

Key files and directories:

• pom.xml
• src/main/java/com/example/App.java
• src/test/java/com/example/AppTest.java

3. Understanding the POM File (pom.xml)