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   2                 Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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   4                 n.hoffmann
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   8 Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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  10         This document describes all steps necessarry to create a development environment to develop the EDIT Taxonomic Editor. If you are looking for
  11         instructions on how to install the EDIT Taxonomic Editor please consult the {{{./manual.html} manual}}.
  12
  13         <Table of Contents>
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  15 %{toc|section=0|fromDepth=2|toDepth=3}
  16
  17 * Requirements
  18
  19         The current version of the EDIT Taxonomic Editor is developed against Eclipse Indigo for RCP developers.
  20
  21
  22 * Checking out the sources
  23
  24         Use subversion to check out the sources from the EDIT repository to a location on your development machine.
  25
  26 ---
  27 $ svn co http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/svn/trunk/taxeditor
  28 ---
  29
  30         This will leave you with a directory <<<taxeditor/>>> containing everything that is needed. We will have a look at the contents later on.
  31
  32 * Setting up eclipse
  33
  34         * Start up eclipse (make sure you have the required version installed) and open a workspace.
  35
  36         * Open up the Import Wizard via <File -\> Import...> from the menu
  37
  38         * Choose <General -\> Existing projects into Workspace > and click next.
  39
  40         * Check <Select Root Directory> and browse to the <<<taxeditor/>>> directory. After confirming the directory selection dialog, the <Projects> list should contain a number of projects all starting with
  41         <<<eu.etaxonomy.taxditor>>> which should be checked for import.
  42
  43         * Click <Select All> to finish the wizard and import the projects into your workspace.
  44
  45         You should now be able to see the taaxeditor projects in your workspace.
  46
  47         * The eclipse installation may be missing the following plugins which have to be installed via their update site:
  48
  49                 * <SWTBot> <<API>> plugin from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/technology/swtbot/releases/latest/>
  50
  51                 * <Modeling-\>><<Graphical Editing Framework Zest Visualization Toolkit SDK>> from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo>
  52
  53                 * <Nebula Release Individual Widgets-\>> <<Nebula CompositeTable Widget>> from update site: <http://download.eclipse.org/technology/nebula/snapshot>
  54
  55         * To Install the plugins use the Eclipse-Install-Wizard via <Help -\> Install new Software> and paste the URL in the <Work With> row. Click <Add> and use the Filter to find, check and install plugins.
  56
  57 * Dependencies
  58
  59         The Taxonomic Editor uses <maven 3> for convenient configuration and automation of common tasks,
  60         such as resolving dependencies and automating builds.
  61
  62         The <<<latest snapshot branch>>> of the Taxonomic Editor is programmed against the latest
  63         SNAPSHOT version of the cdmlibrary. Because that dependency will change quickly, we
  64         do not imclude it with the other dependencies but rather install it with maven.
  65
  66         In order to do that you have to run <<<mvn validate>>> in your <<<taxeditor/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib>>> directory.
  67
  68 ---
  69 $ cd taxeditor/eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib/
  70 $ mvn validate
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  72
  73         This will take some time, as maven will download the required dependencies.
  74         After maven has finished follow these steps:
  75
  76
  77         To get rid of the errors, you have to update the classpaths of all plugin projects. To do this right-click any of the <taxeditor-*> projects and choose <PDE Tools -\> Update Classpath...>. Click <Select All> in the dialog and confirm. After a rebuild of your entire workspace all errors should be gone and you are ready to go.
  78
  79         <<Note>>: If you have also checked out the cdmlib sources you may have to run <<<mvn install>>> on the cdmlib project beforehand to update the cdmlib jars in your local maven repository.
  80
  81 * Bundle overview
  82
  83         Let's have a quick look at the projects:
  84
  85 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store>
  86
  87         This package communicates with cdmlib-service directly, offering all services, basic operations on cdm data as well as import export functionality. Database and user management is also contained in this package.
  88
  89 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.navigation>
  90
  91         The <Taxon Navigator> as well as the <Search> view are located in this plugin.
  92
  93 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor>
  94
  95         Everything that has to do with editing a taxon or data that is connected to a taxon resides in this plugin. This includes the <Name Editor>, the <Details View>,
  96         the <Supplemental View>, the <Descriptive Data View> as well as the <Media View>. All interface elements that are used in the <taxeditor-bulkeditor> plugin are
  97         also located here.
  98
  99 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.bulkeditor>
 100
 101         The different bulkeditors are in this plugin.
 102
 103 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.printpublisher>
 104
 105         This plugin is a frontend and GUI for the <cdmlib-print> module. Please see the {{{http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/printpublisher/}according documentation}} for further information.
 106
 107 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.application>
 108
 109         This plugin bundles all the previous plugins into an application and configures the look and feel.
 110
 111 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib>
 112
 113         As said before, <cdmlib> dependecies reside in this plugin. Please also note that this plugin does not contain any sourcecode.
 114
 115 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.feature.platform>
 116
 117         A feature containing all dependencies for the eclipse platform.
 118
 119 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor>
 120
 121         The product configuration for the standalone application.
 122
 123 ** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.test>
 124
 125         Automated GUI Tests for the Taxonomic Editor that can be run with {{{http://swtbot.com/}SWTBot}}.
 126
 127 * Creating a launch configuration
 128
 129         To start the Taxonomic Editor from your newly created development environment you need to create a launch configuration.
 130
 131         * Expand <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor> and open <<<eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.product>>>
 132
 133         * In the <Testing> section (down left) click on <Launch an Eclipse application in Debug mode>
 134
 135         The Taxonomic Editor should launch. Note: You might want to tweak the launch configuration, e.g. increase the memory.
 136
 137 * Where do I go from here?
 138
 139         Please read the {{{http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/TaxonomicEditorDev}wiki}} for how-to's and code examples.