Developing using IntelliJ IDEA
This is a step-by-step guide on how to get your environment setup to develop the uSkyBlock plugin using IntelliJ IDEA.
- Download and Install JDK (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)
- Download and Install GNU Gettext (https://mlocati.github.io/articles/gettext-iconv-windows.html)
- Download and Install Git (https://git-scm.com/downloads)
- Download and Install IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/)
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Check out from Version Control > GitHub > https://github.com/rlf/uSkyBlock.git
NOTE: If you want to contribute, make your own fork, and clone that (instead of the
rlf) -
Wait for all dependencies and plugins to download (be VERY patient!)
Only needed if the TL;DR section above didn't cut it.
Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html and download and install the JDK (don't install Netbeans, it's just a slow, bloated IDE for Java, IDEA is better!).
For windows users, go to https://mlocati.github.io/articles/gettext-iconv-windows.html and download the GNU Gettext installer of your choice (for other platforms, get it here: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/).
Install the program to a location, preferably one without spaces in the file-path (just makes your life easier).
In this example: C:\Programs\GNUGettext
Take note of the install-location!
Go to https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/ and download and install the Community Edition (free) version of IntelliJ IDEA.
Make sure to enable the following tools during installation:
- Git
- GitHub
- Maven
Open IntelliJ IDEA, and chose the Checkout from Version Control option on the start-screen (or get to it from the File > New > Checkout existing).
Punch in the URL: https://github.com/rlf/uSkyBlock.git and chose a sensible location for your local version of the project, and press Clone.
IDEA will now download the complete project to your local harddrive, and open it for you. Just click next through most of the wizards you will encounter.
Make sure you point IDEA to the proper JDK (downloaded above). Once opened, IDEA will download all dependencies for uSkyBlock - so be patient at this stage.