DevelopmentEnvironment

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Download

1. Download the latest JDK (J2SE SDK) from http://java.sun.com. As of 11/6/2003, this is 1.4.2. Choose the SDK link from under "Download J2SE v 1.4.2_02" for your respective platform.
2. Download the latest J2EE Bundle from http://java.sun.com. As of 11/6/2003, this is 1.4 Beta 2. This will be used for compiling AppFuse or Struts-Resume (XDoclet requires javax.ejb.* and javax.servlet.* in the classpath when building).
3. Download the latest Tomcat release from http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat. At the time of this writing, it's 4.1.29. DON'T get the LE version or you'll have to add DBCP (database connection pool) and JavaMail (for e-mail) JARs.
4. Download the latest Ant release from http://ant.apache.org. Currently, this is 1.5.4.
5. Download the latest MySQL release from http://www.mysql.com. Currently, this is 4.0.16.

I usually put all these downloads in a "Downloads" folder - in fact, I plan on starting to pack around a CD with all of these libraries on them - nice to have when traveling to new clients and networks are slow.

Install

1. Create a "Tools" and "SDKs" folder on your hard drive. On Windows, I create these at c:\Tools and c:\SDKs. On *nix, I usually do /opt/dev/tools and opt/dev/sdks.
2. Create Environment variables for these folders - SDKS_HOME and TOOLS_HOME (optional)
3. Install the J2SE SDK (a.k.a. JDK) and J2EE bundle in the SDKs directory - keeping the directory names intact.
4. Install Tomcat in the Tools directory - I usually name the install directory "jakarta-tomcat-x" where x is the current version (i.e. 4.1.29).
5. Unzip/Install Ant in the Tools directory - "apache-ant-x" is what I use for the directory name.
6. Install MySQL in the Tools directory. I usually just leave it named "mysql".

At this point, you should have a directory structure that looks something like the following:

SDKs -

- j2eesdk-1.4-b2

- j2sdk-1.4.2_02

- apache-ant-1.5.4

- jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29

- mysql