title: Maven vs. Eclipse
body: <p>I have a project written entirely in Java, and using several external Java libraries (hibernate, a couple of Apache commons, MQ, pretty standard stuff.) </p>
  
  <p>I'm used to working with Eclipse, but this project -- which I'm inheriting from a group of developers no longer in the company -- is relying on Maven. </p>
  
  <p>I have no idea why did they use Maven in the first place (they're not available for sharing this knowledge with me.) The project is medium size, and nothing the company is doing is too complex. </p>
  
  <p>Now my question is: is there any reason for me to keep Maven? Reading around, I can't find any real reason for doing so, and I'm especially unhappy about the directory structure, which requires me to go down 3 levels to get to the actual Java package, and Java code. </p>
  
  <p>(What I would like to do is simply move everything to Eclipse, using the Eclipse structure. It's a matter of 1-2 days of work to get it running, so no big loss of time, and from my point of view right now, it will make my life simpler moving forward, and allow me to do a better job for the company that hires me.)</p>