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        Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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Setting up a Taxonomic Editor development environment
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    This document describes all steps necessary to create a development environment to develop the EDIT Taxonomic Editor. If you are looking for 
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    instructions on how to install the EDIT Taxonomic Editor please consult the {{{./manual.html} manual}}.
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    <Table of Contents>
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* Requirements
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    The current version of the EDIT Taxonomic Editor is developed using the Eclipse IDE for RCP developers.
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* Checking out the sources
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    Use git to check out the sources from the EDIT repository to a location on your development machine.
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$ git clone ssh://git@dev.e-taxonomy.eu/var/git/taxeditor.git
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    This will leave you with a directory <<<taxeditor/>>> containing everything that is needed. We will have a look at the contents later on.
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* Setting up eclipse
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    * Start up eclipse and open a workspace. 
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    * Open up the Import Wizard via <File -\> Import...> from the menu
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    * Choose <Maven -\> Existing maven projects > and click next.
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    * For setting the <Root Directory> browse to the <<<taxeditor/>>> directory. After confirming the directory selection dialog, the <Projects> list should contain a number of projects all starting with 
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    <<<eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor>>> which should be checked for import.
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    * Click <Select All> to finish the wizard and import the projects into your workspace.
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    You should now be able to see the taxeditor projects in your workspace.
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* Dependencies
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    The Taxonomic Editor uses <maven 3> for convenient configuration and automation of common tasks, 
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    We have two modules that use maven for dependency resolution: cdmlibrary and the molecular module.
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    The <<<latest snapshot branch>>> of the Taxonomic Editor is programmed against the latest
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    SNAPSHOT version of the cdmlibrary. Because that dependency will change quickly, we
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    do not include it with the other dependencies but rather install it with maven. 
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    In order to do that you have to run <<<mvn install>>> and <<<mvn validate>>> in your <<<taxeditor>>> directory.
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$ cd taxeditor
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$ mvn validate
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    The maven pom.xml provides a special profile which you may want to use if you are developing the cdmlib at the same time. This profile, named <<<local-repository>>>, causes maven to always use the local maven repository, so the latest changes to the cdmlib will be used. You have to run <<<mvn install>>> in the cdmlib folder beforehand to install the local dependencies to the repository. In order to use this profile you would execute the <<<validate>>> gloal differently:
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 $ mvn -P local-repository  -Dlocalrepo=/home/${youUserName}/.m2/repository validate
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    The UI is implemented using a fixed version of SWT. So please follow the steps to correctly set the  {{{https://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/redmine/projects/edit/wiki/TaxonomicEditorDevelopersGuide#Target-RCP-Environment}Target-RCP-Environment}} 
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* Bundle overview
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    Let's have a quick look at some important projects:
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store>
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    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.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.navigation>
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    The <Taxon Navigator> as well as the <Search> view are located in this plugin.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.editor>
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    Everything that has to do with editing taxa or specimens or data that is connected to those resides in this plugin. This includes the <Name Editor>, the <Specimen Editor>, the <Details View>,
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    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 
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.bulkeditor>
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    The different bulkeditors are in this plugin.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.molecular>
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    This plugin provides editors and views for working with phylogenetic data like single reads and consensus sequences. This includes the <Alignment Editor>, the <Pherogram View> and export functionality.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.molecular.lib>
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.webapp>
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    Provides all remoting facilities i.e. manages the internal CDM Server to connect to remote data sources.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.printpublisher>
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    This plugin is a frontend and GUI for the <cdmlib-print> module. Please see the {{{http://cybertaxonomy.org/printpublisher/}according documentation}} for further information.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.application>
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    This plugin bundles all the previous plugins into an application and configures the look and feel.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.cdmlib>
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    As said before, <cdmlib> dependecies reside in this plugin. Please also note that this plugin does not contain any sourcecode.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.feature.platform>
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    A feature containing all dependencies for the eclipse platform.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor>
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    The product configuration for the standalone application.
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** <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.test>
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    Automated GUI Tests for the Taxonomic Editor that can be run with {{{http://eclipse.org/swtbot/}SWTBot}}.
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    * Expand <eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor> and open <<<eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.product>>>
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