Developer How-To Guide

How To...

1. Create your user profile
   • See Creating your OpenMRS User Profile
2. Install a developer's version of OpenMRS
   • See Step-by-Step Installation for Developers
3. Use Eclipse Effectively
   • See Developer How-To Use Eclipse Guide for debugging, watching variables, tuning MyEclipse
4. Use Intellij/IDEA
   • See Developer How-To Use Intellij Guide for importing Eclipse projects, JUnit testing, debugging
5. How to Add a JAR
   • Put your .jar file(s) in the source directory /lib/your-lib-name/
   • In Eclipse, Project -> Properties -> Java Build Path -> Libraries -> Add JAR
     • At this point your JARs will show up in the package explorer
   • Without Eclipse, add jar reference to the /.classpath file
   • Edit build.xml, properties.xml, and openmrs/lib/lib.properties
6. How to Use JUnit
   • For the core API see Unit Testing
   • For modules, see Module Unit Testing
7. How to View and Attach Lib Source Code
   • See Developer How-To Attach and View Source Code
8. How to use the OpenMRS API
   • See Developer How-To Use the OpenMRS API
9. Create Development Environment
   • TODO
10. Create Modules
    • See Modules
    • You can also see how-to create Module Extension Points
11. How to Update the Data Model behind OpenMRS
    • See Data Model Update Conventions