Compiling the application

AI Sandbox is written in Java, with the source code hosted on GitHub (using the GPLv3 licence). So to compile it you will need to:

1. Install a recent JDK from Oracle or one of the OpenJDK distributions. You will need JDK version 11 or above.
2. Install Apache Maven, this is the build management tool we use.
3. Download the latest version of the source code from GitHub; use the “clone or download” button.
4. Extract the directory structure to your hard drive.
5. Open a terminal / command prompt, change to the directory where you extracted the source, and type

mvn spring-boot:run

Tips

• When compiling for the first time, Maven will download a lot of libraries to include in the application. This may take a while, but subsequent compilations will be faster.
• Making changes to the code is far easier with an IDE that supports Maven projects. We recomend IntelliJ IDEA or Apache Netbeans.