Building NEST from the source
1. Download and install the required build tools:
2. Add $JAVA_HOME/bin and $MAVEN_HOME/bin to your PATH.
Using NEST source with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Get the open source Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA from JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA users1. Build IDEA project files for NEST: Type mvn compile idea:idea 2. In IDEA, go to the IDEA Main Menu/File/Open Project and open the created project file $MY_PROJECTS/nest/nest.ipr Eclipse users1. Build Eclipse project files for NEST: Type mvn compile eclipse:eclipse 2. From Eclipse, click on Main Menu/File/Import 3. Select General/Existing Project into Workspace 4. Select Root Directory $MY_PROJECTS/nest and press Finish 5. Set the M2_REPO classpath variable:
Note: In Eclipse, some purposely malformed XML in a unit test may prevent you from building the source. Simply delete these files module-no-xml.xml and module-malformed-xml.xml in $MY_PROJECTS/nest/beam/ceres-0.x/ceres-core/src/test/resources/com/bc/ceres/core/runtime/internal/xml For both IDEA and Eclipse, use the following configuration to run DAT as an Application:
- (For eclipse set the Project to nest-bootstrap) To package a distribution for all platforms: mvn package assembly:assembly |
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