Hi Yes - working with a stable version of geotools is a good idea. In that case you don't need to compile geotools from source if you don't want to. You can download a binary distribution of 2.4.4 (the current stable version) at:
http://geotools.codehaus.org/2.4.4 Regarding maven - you don't *have* to use it to build your geotools applications but I'd really recommend that you do. It took me a while to get used to maven (and I still have a love/hate relationship with it :) but because geotools is so big you'll find that using maven really helps. Once you get used to it you can also do very cool things like identify redundant jars in your own projects, generate a list of dependencies etc., bundle up things for release etc. If you decide to go with maven (within netbeans) to build your own apps then you might find it good to download the geotools 2.4.4 source instead of the binary distribution (also at the above web page) and build the geotools library yourself. This will set you up with geotools and all of its dependencies on your local disk plus you will have the source code to browse which I find essential in addition to the geotools javadocs. You don't really need to worry about the geotools svn repository unless / until you want to use the development version (2.5). If you've already got NB6 / mevenide working then the above info might be enough, but please feel free to ask if you need more detail. Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
