{"id":1754,"date":"2021-11-22T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2023-11-21T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:52:49","slug":"adding-an-external-library-into-a-project-why-use-a-build-tool-like-maven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/2021\/11\/22\/adding-an-external-library-into-a-project-why-use-a-build-tool-like-maven\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding an external library into a project, why use a build tool like Maven?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would like to invite you to read the article “Adding an external library into a project, why use a build tool like Maven?” that I wrote for Bulldogjob – The Space for IT People<\/a>. Check how to automate the process of adding an external library with several clicks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this article, I will describe how to add an external library to a project. First I will start with the most common way, adding an external library manually, but unfortunately, this method is not the best one. Then I will move to build automation tool Maven, this method is the preferred one for automatically adding external libraries into a project. All presented in my favorite IDE which is IntelliJ IDEA.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Link to the entire article: https:\/\/bulldogjob.pl\/news\/1861-adding-an-external-library-into-a-project-why-use-a-build-tool-like-maven<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The below table shows a comparison of adding external libraries, manual work vs automated with Maven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lp.<\/th>Manual work<\/strong><\/th>Automated with Maven<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1.<\/td>Create<\/strong> Java project<\/td>Create<\/strong> Maven project<\/td><\/tr>
1. a)<\/td>Create<\/strong> folder e.g.: lib<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Find<\/strong> a library in the Maven Repository<\/td>Find<\/strong> a library in the Maven Repository<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Download<\/strong> JAR file<\/td>Add<\/strong> Maven <dependency><\/td><\/tr>
3. a)<\/td>Place<\/strong> JAR file in the lib folder<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
3. b)<\/td>Add<\/strong> library to the project<\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Start<\/strong> using the external library<\/td>Build<\/strong> Maven project to start using the external library<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Comparison adding an external library, manual work vs automated with Maven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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I would like to invite you to read the article “Adding an external library into a project, why use a build tool like Maven?” that I wrote for Bulldogjob – The Space for IT People. Check how to automate the process of adding an external library with several clicks. In this article, I will describe […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ppp_document_settings_meta":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kod-java","category-poczatkujacy","category-poradnik"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/191121_Adding_External_Library_with_Maven.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juniorjavadeveloper.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}