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... interesting article about issues faced by migrating from java8 to java9, and how to fix them https://dzone.com/articles/migrating-a-spring-boot-application-to-java-9-comp

nice, simple and clear introduction to profile and resource filterung in maven: http://www.manydesigns.com/en/portofino/portofino3/tutorials/using-maven-profiles-and-resource-filtering

Dependency management is one of the features of Maven that is best known to users and is one of the areas where Maven excels. There is not much difficulty in managing dependencies for a single a project, but when you start getting into dealing with multi-module projects and applications that consist of tens or hundreds of modules this is where Maven can help you a great deal in maintaining a high degree of control and stability. http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html