Note: This is a work in progress, please see the index page for more details.
Let’s take a quick look at what you will need if you are going to follow along on your own:
I will be using the following software applications. I will discuss each at the point where they are first used to go over installation as well as tips/tricks to get started; however, you may want to download any of these that you don’t already have just to save time later:
- Maven 2.0.9
- Ant 1.7.0
- MySql
- Subversion - you will at least need access to an installation (see discussion provide link to discussion page for more details)
Below are some other tools that I will be using and are recommended but are not required:
- Tomcat 6.0.16
- Eclipse 3.3
- Maven Eclipse Integration Plugin
- Subversive - Eclipse subversion plug-in
APIs, libraries and frameworks will be configured and downloaded by the build tools (maven) so that you will not need to worry about downloading them yourself.
I will make every attempt to keep things as general as possible as far as tools that are used. I will make note of things that are easier with one tool or another so that at least you will see why I choose to use the tools that I use.
It should make no difference at all but I will be developing on a Windows Vista box and deploying to the same. Nothing I will be demonstrating will have any native components that I will need to have any care about.
