Getting Started with Maven

• Getting Started in 5 Minutes
• Getting Started in 30 Minutes

Introductions

• The Build Lifecycle
• The POM
• Profiles
• Repositories
• Standard Directory Layout
• The Dependency Mechanism
• Optional Dependencies and Dependency Exclusions

Guides

• Creating Assemblies
• Configuring Archive Plugins
• Configuring Maven
• Mirror Settings
• Deployment and Security Settings
• Generating Sources
• Working with Manifests
• Maven Classloading
• Using Multiple Modules in a Build
• Using Multiple Repositories
• Using Proxies
• Using the Release Plugin
• Using Ant with Maven
• Using Modello
• Webapps
• Using Extensions
• Building For Different Environments with Maven 2
• Using Toolchains
• Encrypting passwords in settings.xml
• Guide to HTTP Connection Settings
• Guide to Selecting Alternative Wagon Providers
• Guide to Building JDK 1.4 Projects Using JDK 1.5
• Guide to Configuring Default Mojo Executions

Development Guides

• Building Maven from Scratch
• Developing Maven
• The Plugin Documentation Standard
• Maven Documentation Style

The Maven Community

• The Maven Community
• Helping with Maven
• Guide for New Committers
• Testing Development Versions of Plugins
• 3rd Party Resources

References

• POM Overview (Technical Project Descriptor)
• Settings Overview (Technical Settings Descriptor)
• Core Plug-ins List
• Mojo API
• Glossary
• Maven Quick Reference Card - PDF

Javadoc API

Here is some useful Javadoc API links to the current version of Maven:

• Maven Artifact
• Maven Reporting
• Maven Plugin API
• Maven Model
• Maven Core
• Maven Settings

You could also browse the full technical documentation references of the current version of Maven.