Eclipse Setup
Install (Luna 4.4)
- For ubuntu: http://www.krizna.com/ubuntu/install-eclipse-in-ubuntu-12-04/
- Haven't tried it yet under Windows
Ubuntu specifics
- Setting up the launcher can be started by copying the existing eclipse.desktop under /usr/share/applications.
- The previous installed plugins were recognized and upgraded as feasible. See the page Eclipse Software Site Sharing page if these are not available.
- Setup a new workspace for Eclipse Luna. The repositories and working directories will remain under Git and outside of the workspace.
viPlugin
- The license is named viPlugin2.lic
- It is generally found alongside the 'eclipse' executable under ubuntu.
Tomcat Server
Exploring how I get a Tomcat Server installed locally to the dev machine.
- Used the Wizard to "Download and Install" a Tomcat 7 server.
- The path for installing needs to be writable without "sudo" permissions. Looking at ~/dev/tomcat
- Once installed, it can be started and tested.
Config
- Default Formatting: (Preferences -> Java Code Style Formatter. Choose Eclipse [built-in]
- Print Margin turned on
- Template for new classes
- Changes to the key mappings:
- Alt-C to checkin
- When saving a file, perform automatic actions to format the code. (Preferences -> "Save Action")
- Window arrangement;
- perspectives
- Git
Git Perspective Setup
Appropriate when the machine's local git repo has been setup and we're just upgrading Eclipse.
- Open the perspective
- Choose "Add an existing local Git repository"
- Add all would be the default.
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