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Maven is the de-facto build tool of choice for Java projects and has wide adoption at the enterprise level.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of Maven so that you can start to inject build automation into your own projects. You’ll start by exploring the basics such as plugins, goals, coordinates, and lifecycles.

In the latter half, you will dive into more advanced concepts such as dependencies, inheritance, aggregation, and build profiles. 

By the end of this course, you will have just the right amount of knowledge for you to quickly become productive when working with Maven.

Build Java Projects with Maven

## Build lifecycle

Maven supports the concept of a **build lifecycle** which can be loosely defined as _an ordered set of actions Maven takes for building and distributing a particular artifact or project_.

A _build life cycle_ consists of _build phases_ where each phase has plugin goals attached to it. The plugin goals are executed when the phase executes as part of the life cycle.

# Build lifecycle

Maven supports the concept of a **build lifecycle** which can be loosely defined as _an ordered set of actions Maven takes for building and distributing a particular artifact or project_.

A _build life cycle_ consists of _build phases_ where each phase has plugin goals attached to it. The plugin goals are executed when the phase executes as part of the life cycle.

This lesson explains the lifecycle in the context of Maven. We also discuss phases that make up a lifecycle.

Theory

Life-cycle and Phases

Build lifecycle