How to build a mod from its source

[Wagon153]

Hey, newbie to the whole modding scene(code wise). I've been wondering how to compile a mod into the usable jar you can throw into a mods folder. I've tried building other mods code from the files off of their github, but all I end up with in the jar is a meta.inf. Feel free to laugh at me, but I think I'm missing something super simple...
And before you say "Have you not made programs before?"I have...but they never went outside the workspace.

 

[portablejim]

So following the EE3 instructions don't work at making a build of EE3?

 

[Wagon153]

The thought of looking at the EE3 github hadn't occurred to me actually. Thanks for the tip and link.

 

[SatanicSanta]

If you have more than one mod in your dev environment, make sure to open that jar up and rezip everything correctly; it counts them all as one mod. I believe there's a way to get around this, but it's such a simple fix that I don't even see the point in setting up my dev environment again.