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1 # Netty Project | 1 # Netty Project |
2 | 2 |
3 Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid de
velopment of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. | 3 Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid de
velopment of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. |
4 | 4 |
5 ## Links | 5 ## Links |
6 | 6 |
7 * [Web Site](http://netty.io/) | 7 * [Web Site](http://netty.io/) |
8 * [Downloads](http://netty.io/downloads.html) | 8 * [Downloads](http://netty.io/downloads.html) |
9 * [Documentation](http://netty.io/wiki/) | 9 * [Documentation](http://netty.io/wiki/) |
10 * [@netty_project](https://twitter.com/netty_project) | 10 * [@netty_project](https://twitter.com/netty_project) |
11 | 11 |
12 ## How to build | 12 ## How to build |
13 | 13 |
14 For the detailed information about building and developing Netty, please visit [
the developer guide](http://netty.io/wiki/developer-guide.html). This page only
gives very basic information. | 14 For the detailed information about building and developing Netty, please visit [
the developer guide](http://netty.io/wiki/developer-guide.html). This page only
gives very basic information. |
15 | 15 |
16 You require the following to build Netty: | 16 You require the following to build Netty: |
17 | 17 |
18 * Latest stable [Oracle JDK 7](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/) | 18 * Latest stable [Oracle JDK 7](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/) |
19 * Latest stable [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) | 19 * Latest stable [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) |
20 * If you are on Linux, you need [additional development packages](http://netty.i
o/wiki/native-transports.html) installed on your system, because you'll build th
e native transport. | 20 * If you are on Linux, you need [additional development packages](http://netty.i
o/wiki/native-transports.html) installed on your system, because you'll build th
e native transport. |
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22 Note that this is build-time requirement. JDK 5 (for 3.x) or 6 (for 4.0+) is en
ough to run your Netty-based application. | 22 Note that this is build-time requirement. JDK 5 (for 3.x) or 6 (for 4.0+) is en
ough to run your Netty-based application. |
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24 ## Branches to look | 24 ## Branches to look |
25 | 25 |
26 [The 'master' branch](https://github.com/netty/netty/tree/master) is where the d
evelopment of the latest major version lives on. The development of all other v
ersions takes place in each branch whose name is identical to `<majorVersion>.<m
inorVersion>`. For example, the development of 3.9 and 4.0 resides in [the bran
ch '3.9'](https://github.com/netty/netty/tree/3.9) and [the branch '4.0'](https:
//github.com/netty/netty/tree/4.0) respectively. | 26 Development of all versions takes place in each branch whose name is identical t
o `<majorVersion>.<minorVersion>`. For example, the development of 3.9 and 4.0
resides in [the branch '3.9'](https://github.com/netty/netty/tree/3.9) and [the
branch '4.0'](https://github.com/netty/netty/tree/4.0) respectively. |
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