Day 42 Maven and Starting a New Project

10 Mar 2020

Maven is a build tool, but also a dependency management tool. Brian showed us how we can define our dependencies in the pom.xml file in order to have maven go out and fetch the necessary jars to run our project.

To build a full stack web project like we’ve been working with the last week, we need to add the javax-servlet-api, jstl, and spring-web-mvc. We then need to define the dispatcher servlet and servlet mapping in the web.xml. Then define beans, datasource, base package, and the view resolver in the spring-servlet.xml.

Luckily, we rarely need to do these things without guidance. We can use structures called archetypes which are pre-defined project starting points. Tech Elevator has defined a few for us to use in our upcoming capstone.

Pathway

The National Registry of EMT’s came to Tech Elevator today, but I skipped out.

There is fear growing all around us about the novel coronavirus. Ohio just landed its first three cases and Ohio State just cancelled in-person classes until April. In the wake us this scare, I have a sore throat and full-body fatigue. No fever, but better safe than sorry.

I didn’t feel comfortable bringing whatever sickness I have into a crowded room for the employer showcase so I left to go home, drink tea, and rest.

Brian held a course review this afternoon in preparation of an upcoming three-day capstone project. I skipped this to rest as well.