Translating Github Repository to original Java sourcecode

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Hello there!

I absolutely fell in love with your Project,
and therefore I sincerely want to study this
project as my first “real” development project.

I’ve already a modest understanding of Java, but this Project is
organised by Maven conventions and syntax.

After several tries to making it work on Eclipse or Intellij, I’ve surrendered
making changes to the original Project and tried to satisfy myself with
reading base Java source code, since I’ve understood this project as open source.

I’m feeling like I am lacking base knowledge pertaining this area and therefore created this topic to ask for help.

I know that Maven is a special tool for Java, but I don’t understand how
to translate it’s fragments to base Java source code.

After hours of reading and viewing instructions, I still can’t get this work.

Thank you for your time!

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That’s great! You’re welcome to do so. Make sure to see: XWiki · GitHub, Contrib and XWiki Contrib · GitHub

Can you be a little more specific?

You can start by reading Maven documentation, after that I’m sure you’ll have a better idea about it. You can also see Building XWiki from sources.

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Thanks,

I’ve already done so. But the Maven tutorial is overly concerned with creating a new project…

I will try it all over again. I am going to ask again when finished :slight_smile: