Setting Up Development Environment for CS520

This guide is for setting up a development environment for CS520 under Windows XP/Vista/7. A screen capture video illustrating this process is available here.

PostgreSQL, Java and Tomcat

Install PostgreSQL as described in PostgreSQL Database Server Installation.

JDK 7 or above is required for this class. You can download and install the latest Java SE JDK from Sun/Oracle - we only need the JDK, not JavaFX, NetBeans or Java EE. Set a JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is installed. If you have an older version of JDK on your computer, please uninstall it before installing a new one.

Download the latest Tomcat 7 binary release from the Apache Project. Note that there are several packages available for download. You should download the ZIP file under the "Core" distribution. After downloading the file, unzip it to a local directory, e.g. c:\apache-tomcat-7.0.x.

Eclipse and Eclipse Plugins

Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers from Eclipse.org. Unzip it to a local directory, e.g. c:\eclipse, then start up Eclipse by double-click on eclipse.exe under the Eclipse folder. If you are using Eclipse for the first time, you will be asked to choose a folder to be Eclipse's workspace. Eclipse will store all your projects in that folder.

In Eclipse, install the Subclipse plugin as follows:

• Click Help -> Install New Software....
• Click the Add... button:
  • Name: Subclipse
  • Location: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.8.x
• Select only the following components:
  • Subclipse (Required)
  • Subversion Client Adapter (Required)
  • Subversion JavaHL Native Library Adapter
• Complete the installation process.

Follow the same procedure to install the Log Viewer plugin:

• The update site for the plugin:
  • Name: Log Viewer
  • Location: http://svn.codespot.com/a/eclipselabs.org/logviewer/trunk/de.anbos.eclipse.logviewer.update/
• Select Log Viewer Feature (i.e. the one with the higher version number) to install.

And the TestNG plugin:

• The update site for the plugin:
  • Name: TestNG
  • Location: http://beust.com/eclipse
• Select TestNG to install.

And the m2eclipse plugin:

• The update site for the plugin:
  • Name: m2eclipse
  • Location: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases
• Select Maven Integration for Eclipse to install.

Here you have to install an older version of the m2eclipse plugin because the next plugin we need to install is not yet updated for the latest m2eclipse. To do so, on the  Available Software window, uncheck "Show only the latest versions of available software", then select the version 1.1.0.20120530-0009 to install (see a screenshot here).

And the m2eclipse-subclipse plugin:

• The update site for the plugin:
  • Name: m2eclipse-subclipse
  • Location: http://subclipse.tigris.org/m2eclipse/1.0/
• Select Maven SCM handler for Subclipse to install.

And one more plugin which can be installed from m2e Marketplace:

• Click Window -> Preferences -> Maven -> Discovery -> Open Catalog
• Select m2e-wtp then click Finish.
• Complete the installation process.