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- A free parallel coordinates software

Developer Instructions

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Beginners How-to: Download and compile XDAT

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If you are a developer and want to modify or extend XDAT to better suit your needs I am always happy to provide advice, so do not hesitate to contact me. If you want to publish the results of your work please make sure to do it in compliance with the GPL3 and to choose a name for your project that is easily distinguishable from XDAT.

I have created a repository at github to facilitate the process of forking, and I am grateful if you make use of that option and let me know through pull requests when you have built anything that you think might be worth being merged back into XDAT.

Happy forking!

Beginners How-to: Download and compile XDAT

I am assuming you have intelliJ IDEA and git installed on your computer.

In a command shell, type the following command:
git clone https://github.com/enguerrand/xdat.git

Then, start intelliJ IDEA and in the "File" menu click "New" -> "Project from existing sources..."

In the upcoming dialogue, navigate to the XDAT directory and select the pom.xml.
Now that the project is open, right-click the pom.xml and choose the option "Add as Maven Project" from the context menu.
You have now imported the project into intelliJ IDEA.

The root directory of the java source code is located unter src/main/java.
To run XDAT, navigate to the class org.xdat.Main, right-click it, then choose "Run Main.main()".
Once you have run it for the first time, further runs can be launched by the small green play button in the toolbar.

There are tons of alternative ways to achieve the above, but this is one simple way to get you up and running. If you only need a minor modification to the code, making it yourself will get you what you need a LOT faster than asking me to make it configurable.

Happy coding!