Building OpenJFX for the first time

[John C. Turnbull]

Thanks Kevin - that looks very helpful.

-----Original Message-----
From: openjfx-dev [mailto:openjfx-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of
Kevin Rushforth
Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2016 05:53
To: openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: Building OpenJFX for the first time

https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX

Dave Hill updated it recently, so it is reasonably current.

-- Kevin


John C. Turnbull wrote:
> I would like to set up a development environment for the OpenJFX 
> project but have never attempted this before.
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> I am very familiar with all 3 major Java IDEs with my preference (in 
> order of most favourite to least favourite) is Eclipse, IntelliJ, 
> NetBeans (so whichever one is "best" doesn't really matter).
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> I am familiar with Gradle but by no means an expert.
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> My machine is a Windows 10 x64 PC.
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> I am only interested in building for JDK 9 and JavaFX 9 (as these will 
> be released before any project I am working on will go live).
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> I am happy to build just for Windows at this point so I can get a feel 
> for the project and see if there are opportunities where I can fix a 
> bug or two or make contributions in other ways.
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> So, what is the best way to build this project using the environment 
> and tools I have described?
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> Which IDE would make the process the simplest or easiest?
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> Is there an up-to-date web page that describes the process in 
> sufficient detail that will enable me to accomplish this?
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> Thanks very much,
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> John
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