I have Netbeans 7.2 installed on my system and use it to load some Java-based projects.. I use Maven for the build and have pom.xml file as part of my added project.
When I right click on my project in Netbeans and do "Clean and Build", my project compiles and I get the output artifact correctly.
My question is I have not downloaded/installed Maven explicitly..so how is Netbeans able to compile my project successfully...Does it have Maven built-in OR does it get it from somewhere online?
Yes, it has one version built in, but you can change the maven home directory in the options, if you like to change the version:
Tools -> Options -> Java -> Maven