If you want to test Netbeans from lastest source code with Java9, this screenshots tutorial shows step by step how to build Netbeans from source code and test the JShell come from JDK9 with your snippets of code.
All you need is:
- JDK9 installed on Windows
- Source code from Github
- Netbeans 8 installed
Install Netbeans 8 from old page downloads https://netbeans.org/downloads/. Honestly, you only need apache Ant, Java and Github, but with instalation of Netbeans you get all out of the box.
Install JDK9 from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Clone source code of Development Version of Netbeans https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans
From GitHub to your local folder
You get source code of Netbeans in the incubator area of Apache Software Foundation
Open nbbuild proyect in your Netbeans 8
Right click on build.xml of proyect and run ant build-nozip task
When the taks build successful, the lastest version of Netbeans is ready to run on your Windows. You can run ant tryme and it runs a new Netbeans for you.
But let's go to run it with Java9 and test the new JShell. Go to file etc/netbeans.conf and change the netbeans jdk home
Run Netbeans Windows executable
Double click (be carefull that your antivirus don't block Netbeans)
Verify it runs with JDK9 by default
Play with your JShell !!
If you enjoy using Netbeans and you want to get involved in it, continue reading this page How to Participate
The 1st code donation consists of the NetBeans Platform and the Java SE tools (i.e., standard Java, including Swing and JavaFX), which includes tools for JShell and Jigsaw.
The 2nd code donation will consist of the tools for Java EE, PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, C/C++ and more.
See the end of this page for the process and the current state:
Soon we’ll start moving the various mailing lists and the website and so on to Apache as well.
Initially, we’ll only have two mailing lists — one for all users of NetBeans, i.e., nbusers@netbeans.org and all other user mailing lists:
And we will have one mailing list for those developing NetBeans itself:
You’re welcome to already move over to the users@netbeans.incubator.apache.org mailing list:
Also be aware of all the NetBeans questions being asked on Twitter, Facebook, and, for example, Stack Overflow:
Responses and questions welcome!