If there is one thing in abundance in software development it is opinions. From which technology to use (languages, frameworks, libraries, etc.), to architectural design (everyone’s an architect!), to the user interface layout, it is never hard to find opinions.
One thing that is rare however, is a firm grasp on reality when it comes to [...]
Increasingly we see the use of dependency management tools becoming a part of mainstream software development. A core feature of many dependency management tools is the use of a repository (or set of repositories) that provide access to published artifacts. Perl has CPAN, PHP has PEAR, and Java has Maven.
Maven solves a number of problems [...]
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