Thanks for the tips Venkatesh Hi Mark, Welcome. I am a newbie to the project myself and therefore some of the tricks i used are fresh in my mind. (though i use intellij).
I suspect a key differentiator here is the use of Maven , which is completely different from Ant and in a good way for the most part. Here are some key points around the project organization. a_ The Project uses Maven (https://maven.apache.org/) for building the project. Its a multi-module maven project. I would suggest taking a quick look at the Maven FAQ and User Guide. b_ The root of the project is NiFi. Multi-module Maven projects are modular in structure (hence the name). In NiFi the module dependencies are binary i.e. each maven module, from a 100-feet view can be considered a stand-alone project and simply imports its nifi dependencies like any other project. There is nothing special about them except that they all live together in a single repo. c_ The key files to look at in maven are the pom.xml that are present in the root of each project. I would start with importing the project into Eclipse as a maven project thereby letting maven set the classpath for the project. Start by looking at the pom.xml at the root i.e. NiFI and then go from there. -- View this message in context: http://apache-nifi-developer-list.39713.n7.nabble.com/Recommendation-on-getting-started-as-a-contibutor-tp3313p3315.html Sent from the Apache NiFi Developer List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
