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[AppFuse], by default, is configured to be an [Eclipse|http://www.eclipse.org] project. When you run __ant new -Dapp.name=''yourApp'' -Ddb.name=''yourDatabase''__ you will get the .project and .classpath files to start your project with. However, you will need to make a few easy setting changes in Eclipse (particularly to run [Ant|http://jakarta.apache.org/ant]). This tutorial shows you how to setup Eclipse to develop your AppFuse project.

[AppFuse], by default, is configured to be an [Eclipse|http://www.eclipse.org] project. When you run __ant new__ to create a new project, you will get the .project and .classpath files to start your project with. However, you will need to make a few easy setting changes in Eclipse (particularly to run [Ant|http://jakarta.apache.org/ant]). This tutorial shows you how to setup Eclipse to develop your AppFuse project.

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Next, add the __catalina-ant.jar__ (from $CATALINA_HOME/server/lib) to the ant classpath. Then in the property tab, add __tomcatTasks.properties__ (in lib/ant-contrib) file as a global properties file.

Lastly, still in Ant - Runtime - Properties tab, add the global property "tomcat.home" with a value of your CATALINA_HOME environment variable.

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It's also possible to run your JUnit tests in Eclipse. But before running them, you need to run the "test-all" target. This will set the classpath and files for testing. After "test-all" completes, refresh the project.

It's also possible to run your JUnit tests in Eclipse. But before running them, you need to run the "war" target. After this target completes, refresh your project.

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After you have successfully done so, in Eclipse open a test you'd like to run (i.e. UserDaoTest) and go to Run → Debug As → JUnit Test. If this doesn't work, I'd suggest just using the command line - i.e. ant test-dao -Dtestcase=UserDAO. I've spent countless hours trying to get AppFuse tests to run in Eclipse and whenever I figure out a formula to make things work - it quits working the next time. Running tests from the command line always works. ;-)

After you have successfully done so, in Eclipse open a test you'd like to run (i.e. UserDaoTest) and go to Run → Debug As → JUnit Test. Note that you may have to run the "db-load" target before you run your tests every so often. I did have the following method in the Base*TestCase class for each layer, but this caused DBUnit to reload the database before every test in a Test class. Removing it reduces the execution time of "test-all" by more than 30 seconds.

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!!Tips for Debugging and UI Editing [#5]

For debugging, I use the [Tomcat Plugin|http://www.sysdeo.com/eclipse/tomcatPlugin.html] in Eclipse and set breakpoints. For little changes, I use "ant deploy-web" which only takes a couple of seconds. For truly minor tweaks, it's sometimes easier to edit the file in Tomcat's webapps folder. For major design changes, I usually run the app, view source on a page and save it to a "sandbox" folder in the same directory as my project. Then I do a find/replace and change all "/appfuse/" references to "../web/". This allows me to change CSS and JS files and just refresh the file in the sandbox.

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protected void setUp() throws Exception {

DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.getBean("dataSource");

IDatabaseConnection conn = new DatabaseConnection(ds.getConnection());

IDataSet dataSet =

new XmlDataSet(new FileInputStream("metadata/sql/sample-data.xml"));

// clear table and insert only sample data

DatabaseOperation.CLEAN_INSERT.execute(conn, dataSet);

conn.close();

}

}]

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If the instructions above don't work for running JUnit tests in Eclipse, I suggest just using the command line - i.e. __ant test-dao -Dtestcase=UserDAO__. Running tests from the command line ''always'' works. ;-)

!!Tips for Debugging and UI Editing [#6]

For debugging, I use the [Tomcat Plugin|http://www.sysdeo.com/eclipse/tomcatplugin] in Eclipse and set breakpoints. To make the breakpoints work you will need to indicate your source-path using the Eclipse menu {{Window->Preferences}}, select {{Tomcat}}, then {{Source Path}}.

For little changes, I use "ant deploy-web" which only takes a couple of seconds. For truly minor tweaks, it's sometimes easier to edit the file in Tomcat's webapps folder. For major design changes, I usually run the app, view source on a page and save it to a "sandbox" folder in the same directory as my project. Then I do a find/replace and change all "/appfuse/" references to "../web/". This allows me to change CSS and JS files and just refresh the file in the sandbox.

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