BuildingProject.md

Building

To build a project, simply run

$ ply compile

To build and package a project, simply run

$ ply compile package

To build, package and install the package into the local repository, simply run

$ ply install

Those familiar with maven will note the similarities.

Utilizing the electric-chilly project made in Project Setup, let's create a source file and build.

  $ mkdir -p src/main/java/net/ocheyedan/electricchilly/
  $ touch src/main/java/net/ocheyedan/electricchilly/FrigidWinter.java

Then copy/paste the following code into the FrigidWinter.java file.

 package net.ocheyedan.electricchilly;
 
 public class FrigidWinter {
 
    public boolean pluginFizzleElectricBlanket() {
         return (System.currentTimeMillis() % 2) == 0;
	}

 }

Now let's compile!

 $ ply compile

We can package and install the project as well.

 $ ply install

Note, the output, because the FrigidWinter.java file has not changed since last we compiled, nothing needed to be recompiled. Doing a ply clean install would force a recompilation.

Continue on to Adding dependencies