Running and building with NetBeans: a plea for help

[Andrew Haley]

On 15/11/17 18:26, Jan Lahoda wrote:
> I admit the description is very concise. It should be possible to open 
> modules as project, e.g. File/Open Project, select 
> ${jdkhome}/src/java.base - that should open the java.base module 
> (ideally the "configure" has already been run). Tests from test/jdk are 
> under the java.base project in the UI (test/langtools tests are placed 
> under java.compiler project in the UI). Building should work using Build 
> (/Clean and Build) actions (from Run menu) - these should run the make 
> to do the build.
> 
> For tests, unfortunately currently only a single test can be 
> run/debugged, after opening it (I usually use the Navigate/Go to File... 
> dialog to find it, but it should be possible to browse to it in the 
> Projects, or use File/Open File...)

And I have run my first test.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I have been crying with frustration for the past couple of
days trying to figure out how the netbeans projects are supposed
to work.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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