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- Tools
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- The following tools need to be installed on the system before a GeoServer developer
- environment can be set up.
- Java
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- Developing with GeoServer requires a Java Development Kit (JDK), available from `OpenJDK <http://openjdk.java.net>`__, `Adoptium <https://adoptium.net/>`__ for Windows and macOS installers, or provided by your OS distribution.
- The GeoServer project works with Java Long Term Support releases: Java 11 and Java 17.
- Due to subtle changes in Java class libraries, we require development on Java 11 at this time (although the result is tested on Java 17). When calling a method of java core library, a type case may (or not be) implied and represented in the bytecode. When the core libraries change, the return type of a method can have a very subtle incompatibility.
- Maven
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- GeoServer uses a tool known as `Maven <http://maven.apache.org/>`_ to build.
- Maven tracks global settings in your home directory .m2/settings.xml. This file is used to control
- global options such as proxy settings or listing repository mirrors to download from.
- Git
- ---
- GeoServer source code is stored and version in a git repository on `github <http://github.com/geoserver/geoserver>`_
- There are a variety of git clients available for a number of different
- platforms. Visit http://git-scm.com/ for more details.
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