WOLips is the Eclipse feature for developing WebObjects applications.
Installing prebuilt versions of WOLips in existing Eclipse installations can be done the same way any other Eclipse plugin is installed.
- Add the WOLips update URL to the Available Software Sites list (either through Eclipse > Preferences > Install/Update > Available Software Sites or Help > Install New Software... > Add)
- Use the WOLips update URL to install the plugin https://wocommunity.github.io/wolips/repository/
- Git
- Latest Java LTS or newer
- A recent version of maven
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Checkout source from Github:
git clone https://github.com/wocommunity/wolips.git
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Build with maven:
cd wolips && mvn clean package
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There is no step 3!
A p2 repository is created at wolips/wolips.p2/target/repository/. You can install it as with the install site above, but using the local directory instead of a URL to the remote repository. The version number is timestamped, so you can immediately update your local wolips install after a fresh build if you desire.
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Install the latest "Eclipse IDE for Eclipse Committers" found at https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/ for your platform. You need the PDE plugins for WOLips development.
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In the eGit perspective, add the WOLips github repository
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Right click on your repository's "Working Tree" and "Import Projects..." to import the WOLips project
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Switch to your plugin development view. You can now build the project with maven for the first time, which generates the necessary woenvironment.jar and woproject-ant-tasks.jar files and the entire project should compile in Eclipse without errors.
To run WOLips with your Eclipse installation and all your existing plugins,
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Open the wolips plugin at wolips/wolips_wolips/core/plugins/org.objectstyle.wolips/plugin.xml
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Click on "Launch an Eclipse application" under the Testing heading. You can also choose to debug here if you want to set breakpoints and debug. Once you do this once, a launcher will be added to your Run/Debug configurations and you can launch from there next time.
To run WOLips with a barebones Eclipse application and just the WOLips feature installed
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Open the wolips product at wolips/wolips_wolips/wolips.product/wolips.product
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Click on "Launch an Eclipse application" under the Testing heading. You can also choose to debug here if you want to set breakpoints and debug. Once you do this once, a launcher will be added to your Run/Debug configurations and you can launch from there next time.