How to Create a Simple Maven Project in Eclipse

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In this article, we will show you how to create a simple maven project in Eclipse IDE.
We can also create a simple maven project using the command line, check out the same at Create a Simple Maven Project using Command-Line.

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Tools and technologies used

• Eclipse Neon
• Maven - 3.5.3
• JDK - 1.8

Let's create step by step a simple maven project in Eclipse IDE.

Step-1

• Open Eclipse
• Click on File -> New -> Maven Project
  

Step-2

Click on Checkbox for both

• Create a simple project
• Use default Workspace location
• Click on next button 
  

Step-3

Provide GroupId and ArtifactId in next screen.

• GroupId: net.javaguides.maven-demo
• Artifact Id: maven-demo-project
• Name: maven-demo-project
• Description: Simple Maven Demo Project
  

Step-4

And you are all set. You should see a new Project in Eclipse with below structure.

Step-5

As you can see in the maven project structure, the default java compiler version ( i.e. source and target setting ) is 1.5. To change the default settings, add the following snippet to pom.xml.

<build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.0</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build>

After changes in pom.xml file, update the maven project. To update maven project right click on maven-project → Maven → Update Project.

Step-6

Add some dependencies to pom.xml file. Here we are adding junit dependency to pom.xml.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>net.javaguides.maven-demo</groupId> <artifactId>maven-demo-project</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <description>Simple Maven Demo Project</description> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.12</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.6.0</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>

Let's test our created project by creating a simple JUnit test.

Step-7

Create a package, named as net.javaguides.simpleproject, under src/test/java folder. Now create a class AppTest.java under src/test/java package and write the following code in it.

package net.javaguides.simpleproject; import org.junit.Assert; import org.junit.Test; public class AppTest { @Test public void test() { Assert.assertEquals("Hello Maven", new String("Hello Maven")); } }

Step-8

Run your first maven project. Right click on AppTest.java → Run as → JUnit Test.