This chapter focused on building a basic foundation of Maven to bring all the readers to a common ground. We discussed the basic steps to install and configure Maven in Ubuntu, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Then, we covered some of the common, useful Maven tips and tricks. As we proceed with the book, some of the concepts that we touched on in this chapter will be discussed in detail later.

In the next chapter, we will discuss Maven Project Object Model (POM) in detail.