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A Minute of Understanding POM

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When you are going to build a project with Java and ended up choosing Maven, you will encounter POM. The pom.xml file.

If you want a sample of a that pom.xml file, go ahead.
Go to Spring Initializer site

Choose the defaults and make sure to select Maven Project.
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|_ HELP.md
|_ mvnw.xml
|_ mvnw.cmd
|_ pom.xml
|_ src
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There is a lot to unpack when we talk about POM.
For starters, its to manage dependencies in your project.

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