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Depending on you comfort level there may be more Maven configuration tricks that you may want to perform, such as customizing your settings.xml file. Look at the Additional References section below for more tutorials on Maven configurations that you may find helpful.
Creating the Maven Project in Eclipse using archetypes
There are probably various ways to create a maven project but I found this one very simple at creating a basic maven structured project using archetypes based on a tutorial that was found at http://www.avajava.com/tutorials/categories/maven
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