------ Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment ------ n.hoffmann ------ Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment This document describes all steps necessarry to create a development environment to develop the EDIT Taxonomic Editor. If you are looking for instructions on how to install the EDIT Taxonomic Editor please consult the {{{./manual.html} manual}}. %{toc|section=0|fromDepth=2|toDepth=3} * Requirements The current version of the EDIT Taxonomic Editor is developed against Eclipse PDE Version 3.6. Your PDE or at least your target platform have to have the same version. * Checking out the sources Use subversion to check out the sources from the EDIT repository to a location on your development machine. --- $ svn co http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/svn/trunk/taxeditor --- This will leave you with a directory <<>> containing everything that is needed. We will have a look at the contents later on. * Setting up eclipse The Taxonomic Editor uses maven for convenient configuration and automation of common tasks, such as setting up eclipse. --- $ cd taxeditor/ $ mvn eclipse:eclipse --- This will take some time, as maven will download the required dependencies and configure the projects. After maven has finished follow these steps: * Start up eclipse (make sure you have the required version installed) and open a workspace. * Open up the Import Wizard via Import...> from the menu * Choose Existing projects into Workspace > and click next. * Check and finish the wizard. The package exporer should show a bunch of projects. To get rid of the errors, you have to update the classpaths of all plugin projects. To do this right-click any of the projects and choose Update Classpath...>. Click