Exercise 0: Install and Configure Lab Environment
In addition to the
contents of this lab's zip file you should have the following installed
on your computer:
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Java SE Development Kit, version 1.5.0_11 or 1.6.0 or more recent.
Most likely it is already installed on your machine. If not,
you can get it from here.
Make sure JAVA_HOME environment variable points to the root of the Java
installation.
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Maven 2.0.9 or a more recent stable release.
See Maven Download
for detailed instructions.
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NetBeans 6.5 or 6.5.1, either the "Java" or the "All" bundle from
http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html. These bundles include GlassFish v2(.1),
so there is no need to install GlassFish separately.
Firefox 3 web browser - can be downloaded from www.firefox.com.
After installing Firefox we need to install the Poster add-on, which will
enable us to send any kind of HTTP requests to our RESTful service and see the raw responses.
- If Firefox is not already running, start it.
- When Firefox has started, select Tools->Add-ons from the main menu.
- In the Add-ons dialog enter "Poster" into the search field and hit Enter.
- Poster should appear as the first add-on in the list. Click Add to Firefox.
- In the next dialog click Install Now.
- After the installation is complete, restart Firefox to complete the changes. If the
Add-on dialog pops up after the restart, close it.
- You should see the Poster icon in the Firefox statusbar.
We also need to install the Maven plugin into the NetBeans IDE.
Here is how to do this:
- If NetBeans is not already running, start it.
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When NetBeans has started, select Tools->Plugins
and select "Maven" in the Available Plugins tab.
- Click the Install button.
- In the following dialog accept the license and click Install.
- After the installation completed, click Finish and close the Plugins dialog.
To make sure the Maven NetBeans plugin is using the right version
of Maven:
- In NetBeans select Tools->Options (on Mac OS select NetBeans ->Preferences) and switch to
Miscellaneous->Maven tab.
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Set the patch to your Maven installation in External Maven Home field.
And we need to ensure that GlassFish v2 is registered as a server in NetBeans:
In NetBeans click on the Services tab.
Now
expand the Servers node in the Services tab (if possible). If you don't
see GlassFish v2 under that node, right-click it and choose Add Server.
In the Add Server Instance dialog that will pop up, select GlassFish V2 and click Next.
- In
the next dialog screen set the Platform Location to your GlassFish
installation directory. Once you do it, Register Local Default Domain
should be selected automatically. Click Finish.
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