The goal of the module system is to allow other developers to write and integrate code into OpenMRS without having to modify the core code base. Our online Module Repository has been developed to facilitate searching and sharing of modules.
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It will allow you to deploy any changes to your web resources such as jsp or js files without re-installing the module. You only need to select the deploy-web profile and specify the deploy.path variable. The deploy path says where OpenMRS is deployed. It should point to an openmrs directory in Tomcat or to a directory where jetty looks for file changes. The path can be relative (to the omod directory) or absolute. You can do it in your IDE or from the command line as follows:
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