Maven - How to create Maven Java Project From Scratch

Install Maven, go to the Apache Site

In your command line enter: 

D:\>mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=de.consulting.it.harder -DartifactId=java-project -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false

This will create a basic Maven project from scratch.

Update your POM with the following properties to define the Compiler:

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
    </properties>

Define JUnit as your first dependency for Testing with scope "test":

    <dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.13</version>
<scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>


I suggest Hamcrest, if you do not know it yet:


     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-all -->               

    </dependency>

        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>

        <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>

        <version>1.3</version>        

        <scope>test</scope>

    </dependency>

If you want to package as executable JAR:
$ mvn clean package

If you want to start the  JAR:
$ java -jar <your jar file name here> 

Here is the POM with all attributes for executable JARs: Download Example POM