Difference between revisions of "BlackBerry : Install Eclipse Plugins"

Latest revision as of 00:45, 17 February 2011

Go to Eclipse Downloads and choose Eclipse Classic (attention at operating system 32/64 bit).
Unzip the downloaded file in /Eclipse_Platform/Mobile/BlackBerry directory.
Start Eclipse (click the eclipse executable file in /Eclipse_Platform/Mobile/BlackBerry/eclipse directory
In the dialog box:Workspace Launcher -> Workspace type: ./wskp/{app-type} where {app-type} could be: hello or simple or lab

For this course you will be using the workspace defined in /Eclipse_Platform/Mobile/BlackBerry/eclipse/wksp/...

The root directory for this course is: Eclipse_Platform Basics/_{eclipse subdirectory} OSGi/_{eclipse subdirectory} RCP/_{eclipse subdirectory} Mobile/ Android/_{eclipse subdirectory} BlackBerry/_{eclipse subdirectory} Enterprise/ Virgo/_{eclipse subdirectory} WTP/_{eclipse subdirectory}		where: {topic} must be: basics or osgi or rcp or android or blackberry or virgo or wtp {subject} must be: hello or simple or lab {subpack} a subpackage name (if need it for complex apps)

Check your working environment by running the Hello Sample from Course Repository

You may also want to install JUnit Library to be able to debug your applications.

To install JUnit follow the instructions:

Download JUnit4.x.jar from the JUnit website . The download contains a "junit-4.*.jar" which is the JUnit library.
To make JUnit available in your Java project you have to add the the JUnit library file to your Java classpath. (If you do not know how to do it, please use this Eclipse tutorial to learn how to add jar files to your Eclipse project).

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-{{Ecl_installation|type=Mobile/BlackBerry|type-small=blackberry|name=Eclipse Classic (very important only: 32bit / Eclipse 3.5.0)|install=Read first [http://us.blackberry.com/developers/javaappdev/javaplugin.jsp this tutorial to install properly the plugin for Eclipse]. After you install the [http://us.blackberry.com/developers/javaappdev/javaupdate.jsp BlackBerry SDK] you need to install the [http://us.blackberry.com/developers/resources/simulators.jsp BlackBerry Simulators]}}
+{{Ecl_installation|type=Mobile/BlackBerry|type-small=mobile-blackberry|name=Eclipse Classic |install=* Read [http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/23651/Install_Configure_973458_11.jsp these instructions to install properly the plugin for Eclipse and Eclipse IDE itself].
+}}