[ImageJ-devel] Project development in Netbeans - where to develop after setup?

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Christopher,

On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Christopher Coulon wrote:

> >> If I wanted to write, say, a "Hello World" java class, where do I
> >> write it so that is shows up in the ImageJ plugins menu when I run or
> >> debug from Netbeans to generate the ImageJ instance?
> > 
> > Please have a look at the examples here:
> > 
> > 	https://github.com/imagej/imagej-tutorials
> > 
> > Most of these projects do not implement plugins but instead show how to
> > use ImageJ2 and its plugins.
> > 
> > I will add examples for plugins as time allows, but here is the simplest
> > "Hello World" I could come up with:
> > 
> > 	https://github.com/imagej/imagej-tutorials/blob/master/simple-command/src/main/java/HelloWorldPlugin.java
> 
> What I need is where to build my .java files so that they get properly
> compiled into class files that show up in the plugins folder of the
> ImageJ instance created by Netbeans when run or debug is called in the
> project.

You do not need to build ImageJ itself when you use Maven. In fact, it is
much better to use the version of ImageJ deployed to the Maven repository,
*unless* you want to fix a bug or otherwise enhance ImageJ itself.

> The Netbeans project has two main folders, Modules and Project Files,
> but I don't see where I should create my .java files and where to put my
> resources folder containing images used in the GUIs.

I will have a look and try to come up with a screencast.

Ciao,
Johannes