DEVELOPMENT.md

This document provides instructions for developers to setup their environment and work on the upcoming BBB 2.0 (tentative release version).

Install BBB 1.1

Follow the (install instructions)[http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/install/install.html] for 1.1.

Make sure you have a working BBB 1.1 before you proceed with the instructions below.

Setup development environment

Setup your development environment following these (instructions)[http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/dev/setup.html]

Checkout development branch

Checkout the development branch move-java-classes-from-bbb-web-to-bbb-common-web from this (repository)[https://github.com/ritzalam/bigbluebutton]

Open nine (9) terminal windows so you will dedicate one window for each bbb-component. You can name them client, bbb-apps, apps-common, red5, akka-apps, akka-fsesl, bbb-web, common-web, and messages.

Building the client

On you bbb-client terminal, run the following commands.

cd ~/dev/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client

Build build a specific locale (en_US default)

ant locale -DLOCALE=en_US

To build all locales

ant locales

This will take about 10 minutes (depending on the speed of your computer). Next, let's build the client

ant

This will create a build of the BigBlueButton client in the /home/firstuser/dev/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton-client/client directory.

Build BBB Red5 Applications