Maven - How to compile tests without running them ?

Question

Is there a way in Maven to compile the tests without running them ? I want to use the IDE to run specific tests and not all of them.

Answer 1

In case you really want to only compile the tests (skip all other phases like compile), this will do

mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile

See the plugin bindings of the default lifecycle.