Notes for New Developers

Overview

This page is designed for new developers who need to understand some of the basics of getting involved in development with the XDS toolkit. It will point you to other wiki pages that have been developed (or are under development).

Mechanics / Main Branch

This section provides the references to articles describing how to obtain and build the software. The first list of articles assume that you are using the master branch to build the system. There are later articles describing branch management and how to make sure you are working in the proper branch.

• Development Environment: Create your development environment. Read the section Tools you will need on this page
• Clone Main Branch: Clone the main branch on your system. Read ...
• Build the Application: Follow the instructions in the section Building on this page
• Deploy/Run WAR File to Tomcat: Read the Deployment Instructions.
• Complete Configuration for Your Environment: Read the article on customization for your environment.

Advanced Topics

IntelliJ Notes

There is a one page IntelliJ tutorial which covers the basics.

Code Management

• Code Management: Reference to one page article on cloning code by hand and in IntelliJ
• Branch and Commit Management: Branch-and-Commit-Management
• Bug Fix Management: Branch-and-Commit-Management

Modes of Operation

• Run the Application: This would be a page that describes three modes: In Tomcat, in IntelliJ as just running normally, in IntelliJ in debug mode

Deployment of Multiple Copies on a Single Computer System