Getting Started Part 2: Development Environment

Development Environment

For the tutorials available on this Wiki, we’ll use the following software stack

• Java SE JDK 11.0.3

  • https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5553-java-jdk.html

• Apache Tomcat 9.0.24

  • http://tomcat.apache.org

• Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java Developers 2019-06 R

  • https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/
  • 🎈 NOTE: Make sure you download the "Enterprise Java Developer" version of Eclipse. The plain "Java Developer" version doesn't have all the plugins we routinely use.

• PostgreSQL 11.5

  • https://www.postgresql.org/

Be aware that

• There are no direct dependencies on Tomcat or Eclipse. Any Servlet container or Java IDE will do if you prefer something else. But this tutorial shows how to do things in Eclipse.
• Java 8 is the minimum requirement, but we like to use the latest and greatest
• Postgres 9.6 is the minimum required, but we like to use the latest and greatest (soon to be V12 as of this writing).

We'll cover the following steps:

• Creating A New Workspace And Eclipse Project
• Setting Up Tomcat
• Setting Up The Tilda libraries
• First Tilda Project
• Web Project
• 'Run' Configurations
• Skeleton Tilda Definition File
• Creating An Initial Database