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Getting the Wonder Source Code

Version 135.1 by David Avendasora on 2011/04/26 13:22
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Now with more Git

As of March 25th, 2011 the Wonder source code is now maintained on [GitHub|https://github.com/] at [https://github.com/projectwonder]. You'll need to be familiar with the [Git|http://git-scm.com/] Source Code Management system. [Here's|WO:Getting Started with Git] a good place to start. You will use Git to checkout a local copy of the repository (a "clone" in Git terms) allowing you to have direct access to the Wonder source.

Why?

Instead of constantly re-downloading and installing the latest Wonder binaries you should work directly with the latest source code. It has several advantages including:

  • You'll learn a lot about WebObjects, EOF and Object-Oriented Patterns
  • Easily search, browse and even modify and improve Wonder
  • Work with a specific revision, which is key for teams, quality control and development cycles
  • Add logging statements in Wonder source so you can better understand what is going when tracking down hard to find bugs
  • Discover the many Hidden Treasures of Wonder.

Downloading

Open a terminal and navigate to a directory where you want to maintain a source "working copy" and just use the following commands to clone Wonder source to your computer.

  1. h5. Clone the source repository from GitHub into a new directory named "WonderSource" or whatever you'd like.
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Read Only

Note the URL shown here is the public read-only URL. Committers should use the SSH form of the URL for read-write

git clone git://github.com/projectwonder/wonder.git WonderSource

You should see output something like this:

Unknown macro: noformat. Click on this message for details.

  1. h5. Navigate into the working copy root
cd WonderSource
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WebObjects 5.3.3 Compatability

If you are still using old WebObjects 5.3.3, then you need to execute this git command to switch to the branch for WebObjects 5.3.3: {code}git checkout track origin/Wonder_5_0_0_Legacy{code}
You should get output like this:
{noformat}
Branch Wonder_5_0_0_Legacy set up to track remote branch Wonder_5_0_0_Legacy from origin.
Switched to a new branch 'Wonder_5_0_0_Legacy'
{noformat}

  1. h5. Build and Install
    For building and installing the Wonder Frameworks, please see the standard Building and Installing WO Frameworks with Ant pages.
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If you have any trouble or errors due to your local repository getting corrupted, simply delete the entire local repository (the {{\/Roots}} directory) and start over using this source clone procedure.