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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

Maven defines a base POM file called _Super POM_ that is implicitly inherited by all POMs. Recall the minimal POM we presented in the previous lesson. The minimal POM inherits several properties from the Super POM. We can also explicitly define a parent POM for a project other than the Super POM, but the parent POM will in turn inherit from the Super POM. The Super POM is presented in the widget below and referenced [here](http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.6.3/maven-model-builder/super-pom.html).


This lesson explains the role of the Super POM, or the base POM, that all POM files implicitly inherit from.