Video: Nexus Basics in 110 Seconds

June 29, 2011 By Heather Loney

1 minute read time

If your build relies on Maven Central, and you're not using a repository manager, you are wasting valuable time and bandwidth by continually downloading the same artifacts, over and over again.

But the good news is, with a Nexus repository manager you don't need to worry about this ever again.

This video gives a quick overview of the benefits of using a Nexus to proxy Maven Central. It also goes over how to store third party libraries, and host artifacts.

Watch the video below:

Written by Heather Loney

Heather is the Communications and Community Engagement Officer at the Upper Grand District School Board. Prior to her current position, Heather was the Senior Producer for Special Projects at Global News and a Copy Editor at Sonatype. Heather managed a team of digital journalists, covering national and international events, as well as consumer, tech and lifestyle news for GlobalNews.ca. Heather has significant experience in journalism, new media, digital storytelling, SEO and social media best practices, WordPress and other content management systems, photography and research.

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Video: Nexus Basics in 110 Seconds

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