finally everything figured out regarding the build system

.classpath

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-17">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="module" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>

.gitignore

@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ local.properties
 # Typically, this file would be tracked if it contains build/dependency configurations:
 #.project
 
+/target/

.project

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>hacky-quizbot</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>

deployment-script.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo "Deploying Hacky Quizbot...
-$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S%p %:z")
+$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S%p UTC%:z")
 ================================================================================"
 
-# actually do stuff here
+# build the thing into a big jar with all the dependencies
+mvn clean compile assembly:single
+# TODO: Somehow tell a service that manages the bot to shut it down and replace it with the updated version?
 
 echo "================================================================================
 Done."

pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>linux.general</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hackyquizbot</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>Hacky-Quizbot</name>
+    <description>Just a quiz bot for Discord that started development in the later half of crunch week.</description>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.javacord</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javacord</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>linux.general.hackyquizbot.Main</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                    <descriptorRefs>
+                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+                    </descriptorRefs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>

src/main/java/linux/general/hackyquizbot/Main.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package linux.general.hackyquizbot;
+
+import org.javacord.api.DiscordApi;
+import org.javacord.api.DiscordApiBuilder;
+
+public class Main {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // Insert your bot's token here
+        String token = args[0];
+
+        DiscordApi api = new DiscordApiBuilder().setToken(token).login().join();
+
+        // Add a listener which answers with "Pong!" if someone writes "!ping"
+        api.addMessageCreateListener(event -> {
+            if (event.getMessageContent().equalsIgnoreCase("!ping")) {
+                event.getChannel().sendMessage("Pong!");
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Print the invite url of your bot
+        System.out.println("You can invite the bot by using the following url: " + api.createBotInvite());
+    }
+
+}