Setting up Java development environment

I had too much grief with STS, it stomped all over my repositories (filling them up with maven shit like configs and local sources, everything took hours to do (what with maven pulling down and refreshing stuff all the time), then STS has started crashing, went back to Eclipse which was a bit better, but not much. In the end I just jumped to Intellij for Java stuff, works like a charm.

Java

Install

• Windows download: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
• Linux - java:

#as root
vi \etc\apt\sources.list

# Debian Unofficial
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

apt-get update
apt-cache search java8
apt-get install sun-java8-jdk

Install Java Documentation

• Download java documentation:
  • http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/documentation/jdk8-doc-downloads-2133158.html

mkdir -p ~/dgedit/javaDev/docs/java  ~/dgedit/javaDev/docs/javafx
cd ~/dgedit/javaDev/docs/java
cp ~/../Downloads/jdk-*-apidocs.zip .
unzip jdk-*-apidocs.zip
rm jdk-*-apidocs.zip
cd ~/dgedit/javaDev/docs/javafx
cp ~/../Downloads/javafx-*-apidocs.zip .
unzip javafx-*-apidocs.zip
rm javafx-*-apidocs.zip

Tools

/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin/jvisualvm

Intellij

Configuration

Item	Value
Editor > General > Breadcrumbs	Off
Editor > General > Code Folding	All Off
Editor > General > Appearance > Show parameter name hints	Off
Editor > Font	Consolas
Editor > File and Code Templates	Remove all headers
Plugins	jk
Tools > Web Browsers	Chrome
Appearance & Behaviour > Keymap > Tool Windows > Maven Projects	Alt+0
Appearance & Behaviour > Keymap > Main Menu > Window > Editor Tabs > Split Horizontally	Ctrl+Alt+Slash
Appearance & Behaviour > Keymap > Main Menu > Window > Editor Tabs > Unsplit	Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Slash

Hot Deployment

project structure | artifacts | exploded war | output directory
C:\Users\fernandog\Documents\envs\apache-tomcat-8.0.30\webapps\runlog-web

Eclipse

Install

• Download eclipse

#as fern
cd ~/Downloads
tar -zxvf eclipse-jee-kepler-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

#as root
mv /home/fern/Downloads/eclipse /opt

Configuration

• window > preferences > general > workspace > "New text file line delimiter".
• window > preferences > general > editors > text editors > display tab width: 2
• window > preferences > general > editors > text editors > insert spaces for tabs
• window > preferences > general > editors > text editors > show print margin: 80
• window > preferences > general > appearance > colors and fonts > basic > text editor fonts > 9
• window > preferences > general > appearance > colors and fonts > basic > header font > 11
• window > preferences > general > perspectives > java : make default
• window > preferences > general > keys > Add BookMark > ALT + B
• window > preferences > general > keys > Toggle ToolBar > ALT + 2
• window > preferences > java > editor > folding > deselect "Enable folding..."
• window > preferences > java > editor > save actions:
  • Add 'this' qualifier to unqualified field accesses
  • Add 'this' qualifier to unqualified method accesses
  • Change non static accesses to static members using declaring type
  • Convert control statement bodies to block
  • Add final modifier to private fields
  • Put expressions in parentheses
  • Add missing '@Override' annotations
  • Add missing '@Override' annotations to implementations of interface methods
  • Add missing '@Deprecated' annotations
  • Remove unnecessary casts
  • Remove trailing white spaces on all lines
• window > preferences > java > installed jre > add > Standard VM > jdk directory
• window > preferences > java > installed jre > edit > Default VM arguments: -ea
• window > preferences > ant > editor > folding > deselect "Enable folding..."
• window > preferences > ant > editor > formatter > tab size : 2
• window > preferences > ant > editor > formatter > deselect: "Use tab character..."
• window > preferences > run/debug > console > console buffer size : 400000
• window > preferences > run/debug > console > display tab width : 4
• window > preferences > run/debug > console > show when program writes stdout : disable
• window > preferences > run/debug > console > background colour : 0
• window > preferences > run/debug > console > stdout colour : 255

Install eclipse plug ins

Find Bugs

• goto: http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
• download plugin: http://sourceforge.net/projects/findbugs/files/findbugs%20eclipse%20plugin/2.0.3/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_2.0.3.20131105-14951.zip

# as root
cd /opt/eclipse/plugins
cp ~/edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_2.0.3.20131105-14951.zip .
unzip edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_2.0.3.20131105-14951.zip
rm edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_2.0.3.20131105-14951.zip

XML Editor

• goto: http://amateras.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/fswiki_en/wiki.cgi?page=EclipseHTMLEditor
• download plug in: http://sourceforge.jp/projects/amateras/downloads/51002/tk.eclipse.plugin.htmleditor_2.1.0.jar/

# as root
cd /opt/eclipse/plugins
cp /home/fern/Downloads/tk.eclipse.plugin.htmleditor_2.1.0.jar .

SQL Editor

NOT FOR HSQLDB

• Help > Install New Software:
• Work with: --All Available Sites--
  • Database Development: Data Tools Platform Extender SDK