Maven Boot Camp - DeAndre

Goal of this checklist

Set a clear path for training on Maven and the features GitLab offers that interact with Maven

Objectives:

• Know how Maven works
• Know how Maven interoperates with GitLab's features

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Stage 1: Technical setup

• Done with Stage 1

  1. Install OpenJDK on your machine: https://pandacodez.com/tutorial/install-latest-jdk-java-on-mac-using-homebrew/
  2. Install Maven: https://www.code2bits.com/how-to-install-maven-on-macos-using-homebrew/
  3. Create a Hello World Spring Boot application, it will be useful for testing: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/getting-started.html#getting-started-first-application

Stage 2: Commit and become familiar with Maven

• Done with Stage 2

  1. Ping your manager on the issue to notify them you have started.

  2. In your Slack Notification Settings, set Maven and Java as Highlight Words

  3. Commit to this by notifying the current experts that they can start routing non-technical Maven questions to you

  4. The Maven documentation is a bit erratic. It mixes basic explanations with more esoteric ones. If you think things are getting too abstract or advanced, feel free to skip it.

  5. Read and go through the examples in https://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html

  6. Read about the build lifecycle https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html

  7. Read about the POM file: https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html

  8. Read about the dependency mechanism: https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html

  9. Skim https://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html, read the sections that draw your attention

  10. Skim at least the beginning of https://maven.apache.org/settings.html and https://maven.apache.org/pom.html

  11. Optional Configure Maven to operate through an HTTP proxy

Stage 3: Integrate your test project with GitLab features

• Done with Stage 3

  1. Configure a CI cache for Maven, so that it won't download all dependencies on every single build
  2. You can apply the Maven template: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/lib%2Fgitlab%2Fci%2Ftemplates%2FMaven.gitlab-ci.yml
  3. Run Auto Devops with your test project
  4. Configure your project to deploy to the GitLab Maven repository
  5. Configure a CI job that will deploy to the Maven repository when changes are merged into master.
  6. Configure another project to download dependencies from the GitLab repository
  7. You can base yourself on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/maven/simple-maven-dep and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/maven/simple-maven-app
  8. Optional Configure Maven to deploy to a GitLab with self-signed certs

Stage 4: Tickets

• Done with Stage 4

1. Contribute valuable responses on at least 10 tickets involving Maven, even if a ticket seems too advanced for you to answer. Find the answers from an expert and relay it to the customer.
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Stage 5: Advanced scenarios

1. From the tickets above, reproduce two scenario that weren't covered in this bootcamp. Describe them below and link to the project with the implementation, if it applies.
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Final Stage:

1. Your Manager needs to check this box to acknowledge that you finished
2. Send a MR to declare yourself a Maven Expert on the team page