Many view Apache Maven in the context of other build tools such as Apache Ant and Apache Ivy, yet Maven's functionalities extend far beyond the efficient, enterprise-class project build. When coupled with supporting tools like Nexus and m2eclipse, Maven starts to accelerate development by reducing the level of work required to support build management and cross-department collaboration.

In this talk, Jason van Zyl, founder of Sonatype and creator of Maven's Central Repository, will present a constellation of open-source software which can be used to extend Maven's capabilities, from next-generation Eclipse support provided by m2eclipse to the Nexus Repository manager and continuous integration servers which offer Maven support. Jason will also introduce some of the more unexpected uses of Maven to support development with Flex and to support the publishing industry.

The full meeting announcement will be updated after the event to include follow up information. For example, a link to the slides presented when that is provided by the speaker. It also includes a map of the Googleplex and parking instructions.

Agenda

• 6:30-7:00pm Arrive & mingle
  -- Food & drinks provided by Google
• 7:00-7:05pm General Announcements
• 7:05-8:30pm Jason van Zyl's Presentation
• 8:30pm Drawing for giveaways

About The Speaker

Jason van Zyl is the Founder and CTO of Sonatype, the leader is Java software solutions whose customers include Intuit, eBay, Qualcomm and eTrade, and he has over 10 years of experience in open source and proprietary enterprise software development. Prior to Sonatype, Jason was the founder of Periapt, Inc., a company that provided software infrastructure development services to Fortune 500 companies such as Toyota Corp., Bank of America, and Coca-Cola Co. Before Periapt, he worked as a Technology Architect at Compusense, a world leader in sensory analysis and data research.

An open source enthusiast, Jason is the founder of the Apache Maven project, the Plexus IoC framework, and the Apache Velocity project. Jason currently serves as Chair of the Apache Maven Project Management Committee. He has been involved with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) for seven years, helped to found Codehaus, a well respected incubation facility for open source community projects, and is a frequent speaker at many major software conferences, including JavaOne, EclipseCon, EmergingTech, and ApacheCon.

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Our Sponsors

We would like to thank Google, and Neal Gafter in particular, for providing the meeting space and the refreshments.