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- Download JDK 5.0 Update 6 or 7 from Sun and install http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp or Java 2 SE 5.0 from Apple for OS X.
- Download and install Eclipse 3.1.2 from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.1.2-200601181600/index.php.
- Add sysdeo Tomcat plug in by grabbing the zip file at http://www.sysdeo.com/sysdeo/content/download/393/4930/file/tomcatPluginV31.zip and expanding into the eclipse/plugins directory.
- Install Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.28 from the Jakarta site at http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi#5.0.28
- Launch Eclipse
- Go to window>preferences>Java>Installed JREs and add the jdk you installed.
- Go to window>preferences>Tomcat and select Version 5.x and set Tomcat home to the location where you installed Tomcat.
- Download and expand HSQLDB http://hsqldb.org/
- To make browsing xml in Eclipse easy download and install a trial version of the Oxygen XML Eclipse plug-in from http://www.oxygenxml.com/register.html The instructions for installing the Eclipse plug-in are at http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html#eclipse3.1_instructions.
To check that you have set up successfully:
- If you succeeded with the oXygen plugin you can open Window>Preferences>Open Perspective>other... and see oXygen tools for working on XML and XSL.
- If Tomcat is properly installed you should see 3 icons in the menu bar to start tomcat, stop tomcat and restart. And you can even start tomcat and go to http://localhost:8080 and see its welcome page.
- To test hsqldb, go to the directory hsqldb/demo and use the runServer.bat or runServer.sh command to start it up and the runManager to look at their test database.
The entire project and examples will be available to be browsed in JA-SIG CVS repository http://developer.ja-sig.org
You will be able to use the Eclipse project created for the seminar.