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NetBeans 7.0 (or latest version) is recommended for both performance and features. Download it from http://www.netbeans.org/^{Image Removed}.

Choose either the 'Java SE' or 'Java' version. The 'Java' version has more features (such as editing JSPs), and although the GlassFish / Tomcat runtimes will be downloaded, you don't have to install them. If you choose the 'Java SE' version, you can always install those extra features later (as plugins).

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If you are running on Linux/Unix, you will need to make the downloaded script executable (e.g. {{chmod \+x netbeans-\[version\]-full-linux.sh}}).

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• For Windows/RedHat/Solaris, CollabNet also offers free Subversion downloads that are specifically tested with NetBeans: http://www.collab.net/downloads/netbeans/^{Image Removed} (Free to download, but they require that you register first. Registration is also free, but requires a valid email address)

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• First, install Maven:
  • For most Linux distributions, you should be able to just install the Maven client available in your distribution's repositories.
  • For all other operating systems, you can install the latest version from the Apache Maven site.
• Configure Netbeans to use your external Maven:
  • Go to the "Tools" menu, and select "Options" (on OS/X, this is "NetBeans" -> "Preferences")
  • Select the "Miscellaneous" section.
  • Select the "Maven" tab.
  • Directly under the "External Maven Home" field, you'll see a line that says "Using Default Maven Version:____". It's possible that Netbeans will already see your external version of Maven (if it's in your PATH). However, if it says that it is using the "bundled maven", then you'll want to fill out the "_External Maven Home" field with the location of your external installation of Maven.
  • In the middle of this page, you may also need to fill out the location of your "Local Repository". This should be the location of the ".m2" directory under your user's home directory.
    • On Linux and OS/X, it should be located at ~/.m2/
    • On Windows, it should be located at C:\Documents and Settings\username\.m2 (Windows XP) or C:\Users\username\.m2 (Windows 7)
  • All the other Maven settings should be fine as their defaults. Press "OK" to save your changes.

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• Under the 'Team' menu, go to 'Checkout'. Enter the URL for the DSpace Subversion repository: https://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace^{Image Removed}, and click on the next button.
• Next to 'Repository Folder(s)', click on 'Browse', and browse to the version of DSpace you wish to checkout. A few hints:
  • Stable, tested versions of DSpace are available under tags (e.g. tags/dspace-1_7_1)
  • Latest Bug Fixes (though slightly less stable) are available under branches (e.g. branches/dspace-1_7_x)
  • Unstable code is available on trunk. It is not recommended that you checkout trunk unless you know what you are doing!
• Choose a local folder to checkout to (or leave the default entry), and leave the 'Scan for NetBeans projects after Checkout' option selected, and click on 'Finish'.
• When NetBeans completes the checkout, it will pop-up a dialog telling you that it found projects during the checkout. Choose 'Open Project' from the dialog. Select all the projects that you wish to open (hold down ctrl to select multiple), and click the OK button.

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• Right click on the project, and select "Debug". This should re-build the project, start-up Tomcat in debug-mode, and open up your application in your default web browser. You should see a "Debugger Console" appear.
• You can now add breakpoints to areas of your code. The debugger should automatically stop at those points and let you step through your code line-by-line.
• Note: Occasionally, the first time you perform debugging, the debugger doesn't connect properly with your Tomcat Server. If you find it's not stopping at your breakpoints, you may wish to "Attach" the debugger manually:
  • From the "Debug" menu, select "Attach Debugger.."
    • For the "Connector", specify "SharedMemoryAttach".
    • For the "Name", specify "tomcat_shared_memory_id" (without the quotes).
    • Click "OK" to save these settings
  • Finally, verify that Tomcat is specifying this "tomcat_shared_memory_id" field.
    • Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Servers"
    • Click on your Tomcat Server, and visit the "Startup" tab.
    • Make sure the "Shared Memory Name" setting is selected, and that the value is also "tomcat_shared_memory_id".

Integrate DSpace Javadoc within Netbeans

1. Open pom.xml in DSpace Assembly and Configuration
2. Copy the following code within the plugins tags

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<configuration>
</configuration>
</plugin>

3. After copying, the entire section should look a little something like this.

<plugins>
<!-- overall project assembly -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2-beta-1</version>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/assemble/assembly.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>directory-single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<configuration>
</configuration>
</plugin>

</plugins>

4. Right click on DSpace Assembly and Configuration and select Generate Javadoc
5. After build is successful, select dependencies folder within DSpace Assembly and Configuration and select download Javadoc
6. Javadoc for DSPace should be available within Netbeans.