This guide explains how to get the Roller source code, build it with Maven, test it with Maven and run it via Maven, Jetty and Derby (recommended for development test purposes only).

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Get the Roller source code

There are two ways to get the source code, from the project's Subversion repository or from a source release. Here's how to get the code from Subversion:

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TBD: how to get and extract a source release

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Build Roller Weblogger

Here's how to build Roller Weblogger (also runs the unit tests).

   cd roller_trunk 
   mvn install 

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Run Roller Weblogger for development testing

Here's how to run the Jetty servlet engine, Derby and Roller for development testing of Roller:

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Then use your web browser to browse to http://localhost:8080/roller to test Roller. You will find the log files in roller_trunk/weblogger-web/target/work. You can adjust logging levels via the Roller properties override file at roller_trunk/weblogger-web/src/test/resources/roller-custom.properties.

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Build a Roller Weblogger release package

Here's how to build a full Roller Weblogger release including both binary and source releases.

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