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Requirements for Developing a Module

• Download and install a copy of the Forte for Java, Community Edition or the NetBeans open source IDE (either source or binaries).
  
  
• Always start the IDE from a terminal window with the runtime script in the bin directory of the IDE home. This is so you can use System.out.println to debug code with ease.
  
  
• Download the apisupport.nbm 2.7 module onto your local disk in a directory of your choice (this module enhances the IDE for module development within it based on Open NetBeans APIs).
  
  
• Go to Tools -> Update Center within the IDE. Select install manually downloaded modules.
  
  
• Click Next Add to locate your apisupport.nbm 2.7 module to integrate the module into your copy of the IDE.
  
  
• Create a directory named forte4j3_0tutorial on your local disk to serve as your top-level directory.
  
  
• Within the Explorer, right-click Filesystems, select Mount Directory to mount forte4j3_0tutorial.
  
  
• Create a folder named org within forte4j3_0tutorial.
  
  
• Create a subfolder netbeans and then a subfolder mymodules to serve as the package structure org.netbeans.mymodules for this tutorial.
  
  
• Create a folder manifests at the same level with org within your top level directory (forte4j3_0tutorial), this folder will hold your manifests.
  
  
• Create a folder lib at the same level with manifests within your top-level directory, to hold your module JARs.
  
  
• Refer to Help -> Help Sets -> Open APIs Support -> Module Tutorials for updated steps for developing modules. The trails below are based on these steps.
  
  

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