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+# Developer Notes
+
+## Regenerating the website
+
+To rebuild and generate the API docs, from a local checkout
+
+    cd libraries
+    mvn install
+
+Now to be able to update the website you will need to add this to your **~/.m2/settings.xml**
+
+````xml
+<server>
+   <id>github-project-site</id>
+   <username>git</username>
+</server>
+````
+
+Now you can deploy the website via:
+
+    cd website
+    mvn site:deploy
+