JythonDeveloperGuide/NetbeansGuide

Building Jython with Netbeans

• Submitted by Josh Juneau on 6/10/2006

This is a step-by-step guide to show how you may set up a Jython build using Netbeans. I used NetBeans 5.5 (beta) for this tutorial.

Since this is a guide which is specific to NetBeans, I will only briefly touch upon the procedures for obtaining the code and all of the required JAR files.

• OBTAIN NECESSARY CODE AND JAR LIBRARIES

• Obtain the code:

  • - If you do not have Subversion, you will need to download it and then check out the codebase. See the JythonDeveloperGuide

    • for complete details.
• Obtain required JAR files:
  • - You will need to obtain the following five JAR files to successfully build Jython:
    • Apache Ant - ant.jar Oracle JDBC - classes12.jar Java Readline- libreadline-java-0.8.0.jar

      • easiest to obtain by extracting from another application

      • Find a listing of applications: http://java-readline.sourceforge.net/

      Informix JDBC- ifxjdbc.jar

      • You will need to sign up for an IBM account (free) to obtain

      Java EE or J2EE javaee.jar
      • or j2ee.jar

• NOW YOU ARE READY TO BUILD JYTHON IN NETBEANS

• Create a new project within Netbeans and name it Jython.

  • - Be sure to uncheck the Create Main Class box upon creation.

• Copy all code which resides within the Jython code you've obtained using Subversion. Copy this code into your project: Jython->src

  • directory.
• Copy all required JARs within that same directory. You will now have all of the source appearing within Netbeans.

• Add all appropriate JARs into your classpath via the Libraries option within the project properties and set the source level you will use to run Jython. Set Main Class to org.python.util.jython within the Run category.

• Build Jython and begin to develop. It may be helpful to set up a shortcut (or batch script in Windows) to your jython build:
  • Example:

        REM File: JythonBuild.bat
        REM ** Executable for desktop **
        java -jar "<<path to codebase>>\Jython\dist\Jython.jar"

• You should see something that looks like this:

init:
deps-clean:
Deleting directory C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\build
Deleting directory C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\dist
clean:
init:
deps-jar:
Created dir: C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\build\classes
Compiling 357 source files to C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\build\classes
Note: * uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Copying 11 files to C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\build\classes
compile:
Created dir: C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\dist
Building jar: C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\dist\Jython.jar
To run this application from the command line without Ant, try:
java -jar "C:\j2ee_dev\Jython\dist\Jython.jar"
jar:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 2 minutes 23 seconds)