title: How to use Maven in my Java Project and Why?
body: <p>I am trying to figure out the use of <a href="http://maven.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer">Maven</a> and I got many articles describing its features and uses. But I am just not able to understand the actual use of Maven from productivity standpoint. </p>
  
  <p>From what I am used to in our school projects was just create a new Java project in Eclipse, write your Code, create a .war (if web-based) and paste the code to the webapps folder of Tomcat and start the server!</p>
  
  <p>So, </p>
  
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  <li><p>Where does Maven come into picture? I have used Ant and I understand Ants benefit of a standardized build process. But why do we need an advanced Ant in form of Maven?</p></li>
  <li><p>In any case, I need to use it, so where do I get started - basic flow, some good tutorials?</p></li>
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  <p>Thanks</p>