In Maven, my dependencies are set up but I get a ClassNotFoundException when I run generated jar

Question

I was following along with the maven tutorial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRKu8_l5YiQ.

I created a maven project with the default archetype. Then I added the

Answer 1

Consider using maven shade plugin to create an Uber Jar.

When using slf4j-api you need to add an API implementation dependency at runtime, e.g. slf4j-simple or logback:

...

    1.7.7


    
        org.slf4j
        slf4j-api
        ${slf4j.version}
    
    
        org.slf4j
        slf4j-simple
        ${slf4j.version}
        runtime