• Install MySQL
• Edit Development Environment Variables
• How to Join the Cofax Team
• Install the Eclipse IDE
• Create developer environment
• Install Apache Ant
• Install latest Sun JDK
• Install Jakarta Tomcat

Install the Eclipse IDE

• Download Eclipse from a mirror site.
• Extract it into the directory you intend to run it from.
• Run and shutdown Eclipse one time so that it can initialize.
• Create a root workspace directory where you intend to manage your projects and checkout files from CVS into.
• Change its Windows shortcut to launch Eclipse using this directory by include a parameter on the end of it's target: -data [CVS work directory]. I.E.: D:\usr\local\eclipse\eclipse.exe -data d:\workspace.
• Run Eclipse and change to the Resource Perspective.
• Change to the CVS Repository Perspective.
• Add a new CVS Repository location: If you are a Cofax team member: Host=cvs.sourceforge.net, Repository Path=/cvsroot/cofax, User=Your sourceforge user name, Password=Your Sourceforge password, Connection Type=extssh and leave everything else as is. It will connect on saving. If not right click and choose Refresh View. If you are not a Cofax team member: Host=cvs.sourceforge.net, Repository Path=/cvsroot/cofax, User=anonymous, Password=leave blank, Connection Type=pserver and leave everything else as is. It will connect on saving. If not right click and choose Refresh View.
• Open the HEAD node. Choose the Cofax folder. Right click and choose Check Out As...
• Choose "Check out as project in the workspace" and take the default name of "cofax". Click the Finish button.
• Change to the Java Perspective. You should have the cofax project navigatable in the Package Explorer and be able to browse the src, apps, and lib trees.
• As you edit Java classes under src, Eclipse will recompile your changes instantly and flag errors for you. It will also notify you of bad Java practices such as unncessary imports or refering to static members in a non-static fashion.