Quick Notes on Setting Up a Development Environment (for Wind2K/XP)
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JDK
. 1.5 or above
. http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
. set JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where you installed JDK 
. add the bin directory to your path

Ant
. http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
. unzip it to a directory
. set ANT_HOME environment variable to that directory
. add the bin directory to your path

Subversion
. http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91
. download the latest svn-<version_number>-setup.exe
. add the bin directory to your path if it's not already there

PostgreSQL
. create an non-administrator account (e.g. postgres) on Windows
. http://www.postgresql.org/
. download the latest binary release, e.g. postgresql-8.2.3-1.zip. unzip
  and install
  - leave everything to default except selecting UTF-8 for Encoding
. add the bin directory to your path
. it's recommended that you don't use the PostgreSQL superuser account,
  e.g. postgres, to perform day-to-day database operations, so create
  another user, e.g. cysun
    C:> psql -U postgres
    password for user postgres: ******
    postgres=# create user cysun with createdb password 'abcd';
    postgres=# create database cysun with owner = cysun;
    postgres=# \q
. common psql commands: \l, \d, \q, \i, \h, \h <SQL>

Tomcat
. need 5.5.x
. download from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi
. get the zip or the service installer package of Core
. unzip (or install)
. copy the PostgreSQL JDBC driver (postgresql-<version_number>.jdbc3.jar
  under the PostgreSQL directory) to common/lib under the Tomcat directory.
. modify conf/servlet.xml to avoid potential port conflict
. add a manager user in conf/tomcat-users.xml, e.g.
  <user name="cysun" password="abcd" roles="manager" />
. no need to install JSTL or other libraries
. be aware of your firewall setttings

Eclipse
. need the WTP (Web Tools Platform) tools
. either download the all-in-one package from
  http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/, or follow the instructions
  at http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/java.php
. install the Subclipse plugin
    Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install ... ->
    Search for New Features to Install -> New Remote Site
       name: Subclipse
       url: http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
    Finish ->
    Select Subclipse under Subclipse, i.e. not Mylar Integration ->
    click, click, ...

CSNS
. check out csns code from your Subversion repository from Eclipse
  - Window -> Open Perspective -> SVN Repository Exploring
  - Right click SVN Repository -> New -> Repository Location
  - Enter svn://cs3.calstatela.edu/cs520/s07/<username> in the URL textbox,
    where <username> is your username on CS3
  - Expand the repository, right click on the trunk folder,
    -> Checkout ... -> Finish
  - In the New Project wizard, select Java Project, and choose the options
    you like (ask in the forum if you are not sure what options to choose).
. configure the libraries
  - Right click on the project -> Build Path -> Configure Build Path
    -> Libraries tab -> Add Jars
. Optional configurations
  - Filter the display of the libraries
  - Window -> Preferences -> Team -> SVN -> Label Decoration
  - Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter
  - Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> Errors/Warning
. Copy build.properties.sample to build.properties, and modify
  build.properties according to your setup.
. Create some ant run configurations
  - Select build.xml
  - Click External Tools, then create new Ant Build
. Check out the INSTALL file that's in the CSNS package

Start Coding!