SikuliX

Running SikuliX locally from IntelliJ

Asked by Nick Hutchinson

Following on from this question I posted a while back: https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/694847

I've unzipped the source code from https://github.com/RaiMan/SikuliX1/releases/tag/2.0.4 as this was the recommended release.

What is the best way of setting this project up in IntelliJ? Normally I git clone from GitHub/GitLab but given this source code is zipped I'm not sure what the best way of doing it is using IntelliJ... I tried adding the top-level pom.xml to maven but it did not let me.

Once I have the project set up properly, how do I run the IDE locally? I am planning on making changes to the IDE and the API and would like to be able to run the app to test my changes.

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

Using the actual IDEA (2020.3.2) you can simply open the unzipped folder from the welcome panel - the rest is done automatically by IDEA.

Inside the project just setup a run-maven config with clean install.

--- but I do not recommend to use the 2.0.4.

Use the actual pre-final 2.0.5, since it will be final during February and has some important fixes/enhancements:
- on GitHub make a fork into your GitHub account
- then simply open your fork in IDEA (Welcome panel -> get from vcs)

This will give you a chance to base you enhancements on the latest version and allow to create pull-requests for things, you want to share with the official SikuliX.

If you want to keep things private in your development scope, then you can work in a local branch, that you never push to the GitHub repo. But still you will be able to integrate SikuliX fixes/enhancements and share stuff.

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