Friday, March 25, 2011

Maven aliases for bash

When I have to type more than 20+ characters on a command line to build an application hundreds of times a day, day after day, I look for a way to make my life easier by reducing the strain on my fingers; and at the same time increase my productivity by reducing typing time and errors. 

My tip today will be about developers that use Apache Maven, but you can apply the same method for any command that you are tired of typing. I have shared the method below with a few of my (lazy) colleagues and because everyone enjoyed it so much, I am now sharing it with you: