Getting Started¶

This guide will give you a short briefing of how to get your development environment up and running within a few minutes.

Basic Setup¶

For the basic setup of your development environment you need to obtain the following tools and programmes:

• The Java Development Kit (JDK) version 6 or higher
• A text editor or an IDE
• Maven
• Git

Since the setup process of the development environment is dependent on the operating system used, you will find the instructions for different systems (Windows, OS X and Linux) below.

Windows¶

1. Download and install the Java Development Kit
   Version 6 of the JDK is sufficient, but we strongly recommend to use the most recent version.
2. Get an editor or an IDE of your choice and install it
   Good IDEs for Java development are NetBeans and Eclipse. If you prefer a pure text editor, Notepad++ is worth trying.
3. Download and install Maven
4. Download Git.
   There are different options available in order to use Git on Windows:
• Git Extensions
  Git Extensions is a graphical user interface for Git, that comes with Windows Explorer integration. It is based on MSysGit. Our recommendation for Windows users.
• TortoiseGit
  TortoiseGit is a port of TortoiseSVN. For those familiar with TortoiseSVN, TortoiseGit is worth trying. It requires MSysGit.
• MSysGit
  Git on the command line.

OS X¶

TODO

Linux¶

TODO

Configuration¶

TODO

Further Reading¶

TODO