Installing
- Load JDK 1.6, I use this for running Eclipse, it gives a little speed boost.
- You will need to specify this JVM on the Eclipse command line, see next item.
- As of this post 3.3RC4 of Eclipse is out, please install this by selecting "All Versions" on the Eclipse web site.
- I normally install it in $HOME/apps/eclipse.
- Create a short cut or start-up script that adds the following environmental settings.
- eclipse -vm path_to_jvm/bin/java -showlocation -vmargs -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Xms256M -Xmx700M
- Load the Web Tools Project (WTP)
- WTP 2.0 is the latest version
- Help->Software Updates->Find and Install
- Select Search for New features to Install
- Select Europa Discovery Site
- Check Automatically Select Mirrors
- Follow prompts
- Select "Web and JEE Development"
- Select Required
- When prompted for installation, choose to Add a Location. This will create an Extension directory. I normally use $HOME/apps/eclipse-plugins
- If you are using Subversion, then load the Subclipse plugin
- The latest version is 1.2.2
- Add a new remote site
- Use http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
- Do not select the Mylar extension, I have had too many problems with it.
- Load the Spring IDE plugin using the Update Site
- Use the 2.0 RC1 (Release Candidate 1). It supports Spring name spaces.
- Add a new remote site
- Load the JBoss IDE, this will get you the Hibernate Tools. You can also install the components separately.
- The latest stable version is 1.6GA
- Add a new remote site
- Use: http://download.jboss.org/jbosside/updates/stable
- Update your code formatting preferences as required.
- Once you do this, you should save them to an external file.
- Load the Groovy plugin of course!
- Load the latest development version, the stable version does not support the upcoming 1.1 Groovy release.
- Add a new remote site
- Use: http://dist.codehaus.org/groovy/distributions/updateDev/
