Open source licenses Each of the Java projects covered in this series is subject to an open source license, which you should understand before integrating the project with your own projects.

If developing applications for databases using Java is part of your company's software development strategy, understanding how to incorporate flat database files into Java projects can be helpful.

Maven crash course for beginners The Apache Maven Java build tool stands entrenched as the preeminent project to use when you need to compile, test and package enterprise software.