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+# Liferay IDE
+
+[Liferay IDE](http://www.liferay.com/community/liferay-projects/liferay-ide) is a
+collection of Eclipse plugins created by Liferay, Inc. to support developing
+applications, e.g. portlets, hooks, themes, etc, for the Liferay Portal platform.
+
+To get started, check out the project's community homepage at
+[http://www.liferay.com/community/liferay-projects/liferay-ide](http://www.liferay.com/community/liferay-projects/liferay-ide)
+
+To install the Liferay IDE plugins into your Eclipse install using the following released versions depending on your Eclipse version:
+
+- Eclipse Juno: [http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/juno/stable/](http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/juno/stable/)
+- Eclipse Indigo: [http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/indigo/stable/](http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/indigo/stable/)
+- Eclipse Helios: [http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/helios/stable/](http://releases.liferay.com/tools/ide/eclipse/helios/stable/)
+
+
+## Source Code
+
+All of Liferay IDE's source code resides in this current repository. Liferay IDE
+*releases* are built from this repository and the output of the build is an
+Eclipse style update-site that can be used to install the Liferay IDE plugins
+into a user's Eclipse installation.  Freshly built updatesites will reside in
+the target folder of the `build/releng/com.liferay.ide-repository/` module.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+To get up and running quickly, *download* a [pre-built Liferay IDE
+release](http://www.liferay.com/downloads/liferay-projects/liferay-ide) and install it into
+your Eclipse install.  Follow the [Installation Guide](http://www.liferay.com/documentation/liferay-portal/6.1/development/-/ai/installati-6)
+for instructions. Then use the Getting Started Tutorial for how to create and deploy a Liferay Project using Liferay IDE.
+
+## Versioning
+
+Liferay IDE versions do not coorespond with [Liferay Portal](http://www.liferay.com/community/liferay-projects/liferay-portal) but instead follow their own versions.
+
+- 1.x - supports Liferay Portal 6.0 and 6.1 and only PluginsSDK based projects
+- 2.x - (at this time still in development) supports Liferay Portal 6.2 and also Maven based Liferay projects
+
+## Bug Tracker
+
+Have a bug? Please file an issue at Liferay's JIRA and use the [IDE project](http://issues.liferay.com/browse/IDE).
+
+## Blog
+
+Read detailed announcements, discussions, and more on [Liferay IDE's Blog
+Stream](http://www.liferay.com/web/gregory.amerson/blog).
+
+## Forum
+
+Have questions? Ask them on our own category for Liferay IDE on the
+[forums](http://www.liferay.com/community/forums/-/message_boards/category/4627757)
+
+
+## License
+
+This library, *Liferay IDE*, is free software ("Licensed
+Software"); you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [GNU
+Lesser General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; including but not limited to, the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY,
+NONINFRINGEMENT, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the [GNU Lesser General Public
+License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) along with this library; if
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
+Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA