[BillyCool]

Hi everyone,

I recently tried following the official guides on setting up JD locally and I came across a few issues and inconsistencies. I also wanted to use IntelliJ IDEA as it's my preferred IDE, but the official guides only covered Eclipse (would be nice to update). I decided to document my process and I'd like to share with you, in case anyone finds it useful.

That said, my guides are not always as details in certain areas, so I suggest you read both if there's questions. They are also only applicable to Windows users as I TortoiseSVN (already using it for my day to day job and had issues with Subeclipse setup), but if you replace the subversion client, the rest should apply to any OS.

Official guides:
https://jdownloader.org/knowledge/wi...nt/get-started
https://beta.jdownloader.org/developmentquicktutorial

My guides:
- Eclipse: docs.google.com/document/d/1FpbIR_nFFZlDPmu2lZnBGeQVUfJUdWKYUB19-_nRoQs/edit?usp=sharing
- IntelliJ IDEA: docs.google.com/document/d/1gJll61KIgNEQkNDJ5xHdUgwZlQ2R2NbvBW1bqQkdRD0/edit?usp=sharing

I'm more than happy for anything to be taken to update the official guides. Also, even though I've used Java in the past, I'm a .NET developer, not a Java developer, so I'll only be able to provide limited support if you have any questions on setup or how to use the IDEs.

[raztoki]

Thankyou BillyCool!

[Jiaz]

@BillyCool: Thank you so much!
I will either update or link (if you are okay with it) your guides as well?

Some remarks:

Add -debug in the ‘Program arguments’ field.

-debug has changed to -console

Add -n in the ‘Program arguments’ field.

-n should not be used during normal development because you don't want/need several JDownloader instances at the same time, do you?

Add -Xmx512m in the ‘VM Arguments’ field. This is used to get around a memory error on startup.

-Xmx512m limits heap to 512mbyte. you should not get any memory errors on startup even without this parameter?!

[Jiaz]

@BillyCool: In case you want to commit your changes/bugfixes/new plugins, please feel free to contact us via support@jdownloader.org

[pspzockerscene]

@BillyCool
I've updated our Developer IDE setup instructions.
The new instructions can be found here while the old ones will soon point to the new ones.
Feedback on it is welcomed.

I decided to stick to using "Subclipse" to add SVN capabilities to Eclipse especially because the installation is now easier than in the old way.
Back then Eclipse did not have this "Eclipse Marketplace".

If you want I can link your IntelliJ too.

-psp-

[jaydee]

I'd like to check these IntelliJ dev guides out, but unfortunately they're

only visible to Support Staff

Could they be shared somewhere so that devs that prefer IntelliJ can get started quicker?

Thank you in advance.

[raztoki]

https:
//docs.google.com/document/d/1gJll61KIgNEQkNDJ5xHdUgwZlQ2R2NbvBW1bqQkdRD0/edit?usp=sharing

[jaydee]

Thank you very much, got it. Hope it helps others too, maybe it should be considered to be included on the official page.

[pspzockerscene]

@jaydee
Good idea!
I've created a "dummy support article" which is linking the IntelliJ article from BillyCool.
You can find the mentioned article here.

@BillyCool:
Thanks again for your instructions.

your Eclipse instructions shouldn't be needed anymore as we've updated our own Eclipse support article some months ago and it should still be up2date.