Before we create a Maven project, let's explore the views and preferences specific to Maven in Eclipse:
- Select the Window | Show View | Other... menu.
- Type Maven in the filter box. You will see two views for Maven:
Figure 2.25: Maven views
- Select Maven Repositories view and click OK. This view is opened in the bottom tab window of Eclipse. You can see the location of the local and remote repositories.
- Right-click on a global repository to see the options to index the repository:
Figure 2.26: ...