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====== How to setup an IDE ====== ===== netbeans ===== - Check out the source code with subversion into a folder of your choice. There exists several tools (RapidSVN, tortoise) or use the command line on a *nix/Cygwin. - Create a new project with the type 'Java Free-Form Project' - Choose the root of the checkout as Location - All other fields should be automatically filled - You can map ant targets to netbeans actions - Set the source level to JDK 1.6 - add the libs from lib/ to the 'src/src' Source Package Folder. - add only the needed libs from lib/ to 'test/src' ===== ANT ===== - Create an adapted version of build.properties in the project root folder. Use build.properties.sample as a blueprint. ===== Build Process ===== - run the target **clean-all** first - run the target **runtime** which will create all necessary jars - run the target **run-desktop-fast** to start the desktop version - run the target **public** on a Windows system to create the exe-installer
