Difference between revisions of "Developer Guide"

Revision as of 12:02, 9 February 2010

The developer environment can be set in any Operating System (Linux, Windows, etc.) since it is a multi-platform system, but Linux is recommended, because is what it is being used.

You need to install Maven, eclipse IDE and some plugins. For OpenKM 4.0 and 5.0 you have these requirements:

• Maven at http://maven.apache.org/
• Eclipse galileo ( Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers ) at http://www.eclipse.org/galileo/
• Subversion eclipse plugin at http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x
• Maven to eclipse plugin at http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/update
• Java JDK 1.6 at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Once all them are installed, you can download OpenKM and build it.

• Configure Java in Eclipse
• Configure JBoss server in Eclipse
• Maven installation
• Checkout source from Subversion
• Development tips
• Browsing embeded database
• Debugging OpenKM
• Debugging remote server

Changelog

Changes between developer guide 4.0 to 5.0

• GWT 1.7.1

Changes between developer guide 2.0 to 4.0

• Changed to Eclipse Galileo
• Now we use maven in replacement of JBoss Tools

Changes between developer guide 1.2 to 2.0

• Changed IDE to Eclipse Europa / JBoss tools, before was JBoss IDE.
• GWT 1.5.3 is needed to compile, before was version 1.4.6
• Changed packaging to new jboss tools packaging.
• Changed GWT generating to temporary JBoss folder to project folders to developing.
• Added new generateback.sh and generateback.bat to GWT admin.
• Upgraded JBoss server to version 4.2.2.GA

Changes between developer guide 1.0 and 1.1 to 1.2

• GWT 1.4.6 is needed to compile, before was version 1.3.3.
• Changes on GWT shell configuration, now not uses GWTDS variable ( code deleted ).
• Configured generate.sh to deploy to tmp JBoss with OpenKM.ear deployed to fast developing.
• Added gecko to Main.gwt.xml to fast compiling only gecko when is uncommented.