Dependency management for a small Java project

Question

What is the best practice when it comes to managing dependencies in a small java project? Small meaning one Eclipse Java project. I have 4 different third-party jars that I have added to the Eclipse build path. I have had experience with Maven, but for this small scope, it doesn't seem like it would fit. I have read about Gradle, but have not tried it. What's the best way to approach this?

Answer 1

I recommend Apache IvyIDE.

http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/

It allows you to manage your dependencies declared in an ivy.xml in your Java Eclipse projects.