Convert project ot Maven

[fabio-t]

..which makes it easy to be integrated by other projects, eg via jitpack.

Of course you are free NOT to do it, but in this age I believe your project would gain better traction :)

[sirrandalot]

@fabio-t I'm definitely open to it, and I appreciate the suggestion I'm just not familiar with what exactly that would entail and what the benefits/drawbacks would be, I'd have to do a bit of research first :P

[fabio-t]

What IDE do you use? It's probably an almost automatic process nowadays.

[fabio-t]

Ah, I see it's Eclipse. This should be enough to set it up: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2449461/convert-existing-eclipse-project-to-maven-project

Here you can see a small java project of mine, Maven-enabled: https://github.com/fabio-t/terrain-generator

Inside the src directory, everything is the same. The only maven-specific file is the pom. Inside, you specify the java version(s) your code is compatible with, the dependencies you use, and other stuff for example to automatically create jars when building, etc.

You can forget about manually adding jars to your projects with Maven (or Gradle, although I prefer maven). Your project dependencies are automatically resolved. IDE integration is excellent, you'll get the sources and documentation of your libraries without trouble.

Feel free to ask if you get stuck. If you do this, we can setup jitpack that will automatically build your new releases and allow users to set your project as a maven dependency.

[sirrandalot]

Cool, thanks! I'll take a look at this when I have a chance! I've never used that type of thing before so I have yet to become familiar with it all.