Creating a Maven Project in Eclipse

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a simple Maven project in Eclipse. I assume you already have Eclipse installed. If you don't have Maven installed yet, read my article on installing Maven, before proceeding. This tutorial also uses Eclipse and the m2eclipse plugin. Read my tutorial on setting up Maven in Eclipse, if you haven't setup the m2eclipse plugin.

Now that you have Eclipse, Maven, and the m2eclipse plugin installed, let's get started creating a simple Maven project in Eclipse. Within Eclipse, click the "File -> New -> Project..." menu option. Expand the Maven option, select "Maven Project" and click "Next >".

You'll be presented with the "New Maven Project" dialog. Leave the default options as-is and click "Next >".

The next dialog shows you a list of the archetypes available. An archetype is a packaged application framework that is reusable and redistributable. For this example, choose the "maven-archetype-quickstart" archetype and click "Next >".

Next, we need to provide a group id and artifact id for our Maven project. The Group ID will be used to identify your project across all of your Maven projects. The Group ID naming scheme is the same as a package name in Java. Typically, your Group ID will be your domain name followed by the name of you project, and possibly followed by a sub-project name, if you plan to have multiple sub-projects or subsystems within your main application. The Artifact ID is the name you want for your JAR file when your project is packaged and deployed. For this tutorial, enter "org.examples.quickstart" for the Group Id and "quickstart-app" for the Artifact Id. Leave the version number as-is and enter whatever you'd like for your initial package name. I chose org.examples.quickstart for my project. Click the "Finish" button.

After clicking "Finish", you'll find your Maven project has been created and viewable in your Eclipse project explorer.