Apache Maven Beginner to Guru - Assignment Review - Adding StringUtils Dependency to a Project

The video tutorial covers setting up a GitHub repository, including tricks for handling empty directories. It explains how to add dependencies in a Maven project and configure IntelliJ for automatic imports. The tutorial also demonstrates switching branches in GitHub to view project changes and using Apache Commons Lang in a Java project to capitalize strings.

What is the purpose of adding an empty directory in a GitHub repository?

Explain the steps to add a dependency in the Maven POM file.

What does the 'import maven projects automatically' option do in IntelliJ?

How does IntelliJ handle dependencies when they are added or removed?

Describe the significance of the group ID, artifact ID, and version in a Maven dependency.