AEM development environment

setup-brackets-dev

# Setup a development environment for AEM using Brackets

1. Install Brackets.
2. Install the AEM and Brackets-git extensions.

setup-java-dev.md

Setup java-dev for Java development under Linux

Based on MX-14 (http://www.mepiscommunity.org/mx) installed as a VirtualBox guest.

The Java development environment is based on Java 7 and Tomcat 7 as MX-14 only includes Eclipse 3.8 (current version is 4.5). In the future, the Java development environment should be updated to Java 8 and Tomcat 8, using Eclipse 4.5.

Configuring the Linux guest

1. sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-686-pae
2. Mount the guest additions disc image
3. sudo sh /media/VBOXADDITIONS_{version}/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Install Java 7, Tomcat 7, Maven, git, and Eclipse

1. su -
2. echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
3. echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
4. apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
5. apt-get update
6. apt-get install oracle-java7-installer oracle-java7-set-default tomcat7 tomcat7-user maven git eclipse
7. exit

Configure Tomcat 7

1. tomcat7-instance-create -p 10080 -c 10005 tomcat-dev
2. cd tomcat-dev
3. ln -s /usr/share/tomcat7/lib
4. ln -s /etc/tomcat7/policy.d/03catalina.policy conf/catalina.policy
5. ln -s /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar bin/bootstrap.jar
6. ln -s /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar bin/tomcat-juli.jar
7. mkdir -p common/classes
8. mkdir -p server/classes
9. mkdir -p shared/classes

Configure git

1. git config --global user.name {your-name}
2. git config --global user.email {the-email-address-you-use-for-github}

Configure Eclipse

1. Start Eclipse
2. Help -> Install New Software...
3. Install the following:
   • m2e - Maven Integration for Eclipse
   • Eclipse EGit
   • Eclipse Java EE Developer Tools
   • Eclipse Java Web Developer Tools
   • Eclipse Web Developer Tools
   • JST Server Adapters Extensions
4. Window -> Preferences -> Server -> Runtime Environments
5. Click Add...
6. Select Apache Tomcat v7.0
7. Check Create new local server
8. Click Next
9. Set the Tomcat installation directory to {home}/tomcat-dev
10. Click Finish
11. Right-click on the server and select Properties.
12. Go to the General tab.
13. Click on switch location; it should read "/Servers/Tomcat v7.0 Server at localhost.server"
14. Click OK
15. Right-click on the server and select Open.
16. Under Server Locations, select Use Tomcat installation