Web Browser-Based Interaction with the Eclipse IDE

For server:

• Operating systems: Windows®
• Hardware: system with 32-bit color depth
• Software:
  • Eclipse 3.2 or 3.3
  • Java™ 5.0
  • Jetty WebServer: Jetty JAR (Java Archive Resource) 5.1 files

For client: Firefox browser, version 1.5.0 or above

1. Download the eclipseWebEnabler_0.0.1.zip file.
2. Extract the zip file to your Eclipse plug-ins directory. You should see the following directory path after extraction: <Eclipse Home>\plugins\eclipseWebEnabler_0.0.1
3. Download the zipped Jetty JAR files.
4. Extract the Jetty zip file to a local directory. Copy the following JAR files and place them in the folder eclipseWebEnabler_0.0.1/jars (located in the plug-ins folder of Eclipse).
   • jetty-5.1.11\ext\commons-logging.jar
   • jetty-5.1.11\ext\jasper-compiler.jar
   • jetty-5.1.11\ext\jasper-runtime.jar
   • jetty-5.1.11\lib\javax.servlet.jar
   • jetty-5.1.11\lib\ org.mortbay.jetty.jar
5. Start Eclipse with the -clean option. For example, at your Windows command prompt, browse to your Eclipse directory and type the following: eclipse -clean
6. Go to the Eclipse menu option Window > Preferences and select the EclipseWebEnabler preference page.
7. Click on the Start the server button on the preference page. This will disable the Start the server button and enable the Stop the server button. Before starting the server, you also have the option of setting the port number in which you want to start the server. The default value for the port number is 9008.
8. Close the Preferences dialog box.
9. Go to Firefox browser and type the following URL: http://localhost:<port_number>/. The default URL is http://localhost:9008/.