All we
need to do is to download Maven, unpack it and then add its location to the
system's PATH variable. We could continue to use Maven to compile, build
and deploy an application as we develop it, but it is more convenient and
efficient to use an integrated development environment.
There are two powerful, convenient and completely free integrated
development environments available??”NetBeans and Eclipse. It is actually
a matter of taste which of them to use. My opinion is that NetBeans is better
for beginners, as it brings all the necessary ingredients in one convenient
package. If you have chosen Eclipse, I advise you to use the Eclipse WTP
package, not the bare-bones version.
In both NetBeans and Eclipse, you can easily make use of the project
skeleton created by Maven. You can run the project on the server, updating
it when you make some changes, and you can debug the project simply and
naturally, as if this were a desktop application.
In the next chapter, we are going to learn the main concepts of Tapestry as a
framework. Its ideas are very natural, but, on the other hand they can be quite
innovative, and it is important to understand them when working on a
Tapestry project.
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