MavenSetup

!! moved http://code.google.com/p/webical/wiki/DevelopmentEnvironmentSetup !!

Development environment setup

• download maven2
• add mvn to the path
  • howto: Linux | Windows | Mac OSX
• define a variable in eclipse named M2_REPO that points to /home/'your_name'/.m2/repository for your system
  • from the menu: window > preferences > java > build path > classpath variables)
• Checkout the project from SVN
  • https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/webical
• download jta classes -> due to license issues it is not in any maven repository
  • install the file in your local repository:

    mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.transaction -DartifactId=jta -Dversion=1.0.1B -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=jta-1_0_1B-classes.zip -DgeneratePom=true

• go to the project root directory
• run:

  mvn -Dwtpversion=1.5 eclipse:eclipse

  • optional: you can add the option -DdownloadSources=true to download the source files from the maven repository
• refresh the view in eclipse
• Add the M2_REPO variable in eclipse for the project (properties->build path->add variable)

After every added dependency to the pom

• run:

  mvn -Dwtpversion=1.5 eclipse:eclipse

First time setup (done once to setup the project)

• setup maven (first three steps noted above)
• run:

  mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=org.webical.calendar -DartifactId=webical -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp

• run:

  mvn -Dwtpversion=1.5 eclipse:eclipse

-- MattijsHoitink - 12 Sep 2007