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+# Developer Notes
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- [Gradle build system version 2.10 or later](http://gradle.org/)
+
+## Compile
+
+To compile:
+
+    gradle assemble
+
+To build documentation:
+
+    gradle javadoc
+
+To build all artifacts and publish to a local maven repository:
+
+    gradle install
+
+To publish to maven repository `signing.keyId`, `signing.password`, `signing.secretKeyRingFile`,
+`ossrhUsername`, and `ossrhPassword` variables need to be defined in project-specific or
+user-specific `gradle.properties` file.  After the variables defined, run the following command
+to build, sign, and upload archives to maven:
+
+    gradle uploadArchives
+
+To get list of other targets, use `gradle tasks`.
+
+## Tests
+
+The package contains two types of tests: unit and integration.  The integration tests require
+NFD instance to be running locally.
+
+### Unit Tests
+
+To run unit tests:
+
+    gradle test
+
+To run a specific test, use `-Dtest.single=<test-name>` command-line option. For example,
+
+    gradle -Dtest.single=ControlResponseTest test
+
+### Integration Tests
+
+To run integration tests
+
+    gradle integrationTest