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Prerequisites

Added by Aaron Zeckoski, last edited by Aaron Zeckoski on Aug 25, 2007 (view change)

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Must have a working knowledge of Java
Must have installed the following software:
- Java
- Maven
- Tomcat
- Eclipse
- Subversion clients
- MySQL Database
  - Tools to look at tables, Aqua Data Studio, DB Visualizer
    Aqua Data Studio (VT notes)
    DB Visualizer (VT Notes)
Must have checked out the Sakai 2.5.x cafe distribution
Must have the Sakai code imported into Eclipse
Must be able to build and run Sakai (http://localhost:8080/portal)

Development Environment Setup Walkthrough

Need help meeting the prerequisites? Use the walkthrough at the link below:
Development Environment Setup Walkthrough

More information to help you get started

Developer videos

Anyone planning to do sakai development should watch the 3 videos made by Zach Thomas before attempting to install sakai or go through the steps in this document (do not try to follow the steps in the video, just learn the terminology and get familiar with the interfaces):
Developing for Sakai - Video 1
Developing for Sakai - Video 2
Developing for Sakai - Video 3

Official installation pages

The official sakai 2.1.1 installation pages are located here:
Sakai Installation Guide
- Look here if you are installing Sakai on a server for more than just development

Sakai development pages

More notes about Sakai and development here (including Eclipse notes)
Anthony Whyte Development Notes
- Lots of good tips here about development in general

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May 29, 2006

Tony Atkins says:
For those of you not at VT, here's a public link to DB Visualizer:
For those of you not at VT, here's a public link to DB Visualizer:

http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/
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May 29, 2006

Tony Atkins says:
Also for those of you not at VT, here's a public link to Aqua Data Studio:
Also for those of you not at VT, here's a public link to Aqua Data Studio:

http://www.aquafold.com/
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Oct 20, 2006

casey dunn says:
The cafe
The cafe is the best.
I'm sorry I won't be able to attend.

If you're thinking of attending do yourself a favor and honor these prereqs.

The presentation goes down hill when most of the time is spent helping attendees try and wade through these steps.

I think the most crucial one is to of done a Maven build on the machine you are bringing - and that the Maven repository it builds is on that machine! No fair leaving it on your network at the office. When attendees build their local Mave repo with a room full of people over a wireless network you can fairly hear the hotel routers melt down.

(Bistromaths - are you going to bring a shuttle or some small box with the repo on it? you could put
it on the local conference net and at least save some traffic. peeps cld then just use the local IP of that box for their Mavenage.)
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Nov 26, 2007

James Marca says:
Need to update the prerequisites for the 2.5.x branch.
Need to update the prerequisites for the 2.5.x branch.
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