Hi Thomas, I've had a very good experience with Maven for Gephi <https://github.com/gephi/gephi>, which is based on the latest Netbeans Platform. The pom files are fairly well documented so you can probably get some inspiration.
If you run into specific issues feel free to reach out. Mathieu On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:04 PM Thomas Kellerer <sham...@gmx.net> wrote: > Scott Palmer schrieb am 26.02.2023 um 15:47: > >> I am trying to "migrate" an old NetBeans platform application that I > created with NetBeans 8.0 about 10 years ago > >> > >> I decided to create a new NetBeans platform application from scratch as > there is a lot of stuff I would do differently today. > >> > >> However, I am not sure if I should go for Maven or Ant as the basis for > my new application. > >> > >> What is the recommendation from the NetBeans team for a new platform > project? > >> > >> I am using Java 17 if that matters. > > > > For any Java project (my opinion, based on experience with all three > options.): > > > > Prefer Maven over Ant. > > Prefer Gradle over Maven. > > > > There are exceptions and how well you know each tool will certainly > influence the order that works for you. > > > > I don’t think Gradle is an option for a NetBeans Platform project. So > Maven is the best choice in this situation. > > > > I don’t think there is a case where I would ever choose to create a > > new Ant-based project these days. It is more flexible than Maven, > > but far more awkward to work with than Gradle. IMO it should > > probably be hidden as a legacy option in the New Project dialog. > > My initial attempt with creating a Maven RCP application was not very > successful, > and I did have some problems with that. > > Maven is fine for me (I loathe Gradle), but seeing that NetBeans itself > still uses Ant I was wondering > if Ant was a more stable/safe approach for a NetBeans RCP application. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >
