This means, that anyone who wants to adapt the program to his own needs and functionalities, is able to do so. Just like anyone is able to modify things in his own house if he wants to. This makes it possible to write extension that make JDownloader work with your favorite sites, and can then be used by millions of other people.
Quick Start Translate JD DLC API Developer ChatroomMost of the team uses the free Java IDE Eclipse to work on JDownloader. JDownloader's Sourcecode is stored on a "Subversion" server. To "Check out" the latest code, and to commit changes, you need a Subversion Client. We prefer an integrated solution, and thus use the Eclipse addon "Subversive" as Subversion Client. Moreover, we recommend to install Oracle Java JDK 1.7.0_2., or whatever is the latest version.
Download and install these tools in the given order
Start Eclipse. Eclipse will ask you to choose your workspace. This is the folder where Eclipse will save all your code and project settings.
Add the installed Java JDK. Click Menu [Window]→[Preferences]
Navigate to [Java]→[Installed JRE]
If JDK is not listed, click [Add], continue with Standard VM [Next] and select [Directory] to choose your JDK install directory. Usually this is something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45 (for windows). The current version is most likely higher.
Click [Finish], and make sure to choose the JDK as default:
Close the dialog with [OK]
In order to install Subversive, click on [Menu]→[Help]→[Eclipse Marketplace...], search for 'svn' in the searchbox, and install the latest version (currently 3.0.0) of 'Subversive SVN Teamprovider'.
Choose Menu →[File]→[New]→[Project...] (NOT Java-Project!)
Choose [SVN] -> [Project from SVN] and click [Next>].
Choose an SVN Connector. We recommend using the latest version of SVN Kit (currently SVN Kit 1.8.10). Then click on [Finish]
Check the boxes "Subversive SVN Connectors" and "SVNKit 1.8.10 Implementation", then click [Next>].
In the next dialogue, you have to enter the SVN URL from which the code will be downloaded ("checked out"):
Now check the project out as a project with the name: "AppWorkUtils". Keep the depth recursively and the revision to "Head Revision".
Note:
When adding the SVN repository, you should see a progress indicator in the bottom right corner of Eclipse. If you get an error at this point, do not see a directory structure under the SVN container, or if you are stuck at 0% this is most likely due to not having proper permissions on your firewall.
Next, choose a location for the project (the default workspace is fine) and use the default working set. Click on [Finish] and confirm all following dialogs with [Yes] or [OK]. Eclipse will download the project and set it up in the 'Workspace' folder. Close the welcome screen to have a look at the first project.
Repeat these steps with:
In case the following window pops up, asking you if you wish to normalize URL by cutting its last segment off, just click NO.
In order to keep code layouts the same between the different contributors' IDE setups, we prefer all commits to be made using our code formatter. In Eclipse, go to Settings -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter and import the following file from your JDownloader workspace: workspace -> AppWorkUtils -> ide -> eclipse -> eclipse_format_file.xml
To upload to our code server, you need write access. Theoretically, anyone can get write access. There are of course a couple of requirements:
Herby I allow AppWork GmbH, Schwabacherstr. 117, 90763 Fürth, to re-license my (as user '<YOUR USERNAME>') commits to the JDownloader Code Server (svn.jdownloader.org). Re-licensing, in this case, means modifying and distributing my changes under a new license.