This tutorial will introduce you to OpenMRS SDK (Server Development Kit). It assumes that you have basic understanding of OpenMRS modular architecture (you can learn about it reading Technical Overview).
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If you want to enable remote debugging by default when running the server,
specify the port number here (e.g. 1044). Leave blank to disable debugging.
(Do not do this on a production server) (default: 'no debugging'):
Type default value '1044' and push enter. Specifying debug port is essential to setup remote debugging configuration. You will be asked what database you want to use:
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Remote debugging
Direct debugging
This way you can set up development environment for any module and openmrs-core. Remember that you have to provide all required modules by currently developed module.
Creating new distribution
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To sum up, our openmrs-distro.properties file will look like this:
name= OWA development
version= 1.0
war.openmrs= 2.0
omod.owa=1.6.2
omod.webservices.rest=2.17-SNAPSHOT
SDK automatically assumes that modules Maven Group ID is 'org.openmrs.module', but you can declare another Group ID
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