The Weld archetype initiative has had a further reaching impact than just
the community of developers interested in using CDI (via Weld). A recent
blog entry on Sonatype cites the Weld archetypes as "the perfect case study
of how using Archetypes benefits the community." Steven is acknowledged for
his effort to identify the need of archetypes and ultimately get them
promoted to Maven central for all to use.
http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/01/maven-archetypes-and-nexus-there-i...
Although archetypes are rather technically simple, it's important to
recognize the impact they can have by starting people off on the right foot.
-Dan
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Dan Allen
Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
Registered Linux User #231597
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