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| In this section, developers can find descriptions of design concepts, |
| use cases and technical solutions for the NetBeans platform.<br> |
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| <h2>NetBeans Platform</h2> |
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| <a href="installation.html">NetBeans |
| Installation Structure</a>. This detailed document describes the |
| requirements on the installation structure of a NetBeans based |
| application.<br> |
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| <h2>Extending the IDE</h2> |
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| <a href="http://projects.netbeans.org/index.html">NetBeans Projects</a>. |
| General information about the NetBeans project system. |
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| <a href="http://projects.netbeans.org/buildsys/design.html">Build |
| System Design</a>. |
| In NetBeans 4.0 a new build system was introduced. An Ant-based design |
| was selected, with principal design goals including architectural |
| simplicity, ease of expansion, robust headless builds, good control by |
| project type of the UI, and an initial feature set adequate for |
| everyday development. This document outlines the fundamental design |
| principles of that system. |
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| <h2>Contributing to NetBeans</h2> |
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| <a href="http://nbbuild.netbeans.org/ant-quick.html">Building NetBeans |
| IDE</a>. A quick guide |
| to building the IDE with Apache Ant. All you need to know to build the |
| NetBeans IDE from sources. |
| </p> |
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| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/sources/structure.html">NetBeans |
| Source Structure</a>. |
| Want to contribute source to the NetBeans project? Read how are the |
| sources organized in CVS |
| and what are the branching and tagging policies. |
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| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/modules.html">Contributing |
| New Modules</a>. |
| Step by step instructions to contribute a new module to the NetBeans |
| project. |
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| <a href="https://netbeans.org/community/contribute/patches.html">Contributing |
| Patches</a>. |
| Well-described, easy-to-apply patches are a pleasure for a developer to |
| receive and go a long way towards making the IDE more stable and |
| powerful. Read what you |
| should to do to contribute a patch. |
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| <a href="http://libs.netbeans.org/faq.html">How to Add a New Library</a>. |
| Do you want to integrate another third-party library that might be |
| shared among several NetBeans modules? This document explains how. |
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