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/Anders On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 04:22, maven apache <apachemav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am new in using maven , so some basic problem confusing me: > 1 When I create a new maven project how do I know which plugin to use? > 2 the artifaceID and groupID respent what? > 3 I have not use ant or other build tool before,so the pom.xml is stange to > me . > 4 what is the difference between the maven dependency and the plugin in a > pom.xml,and what is the difference between the dependencies under the tag > "dependencyManagement" and the dependencies under the tag "project"? >