====== Development Environment ======

**This page is under construction.**

WDB has been developed to be as Eclipse-friendly as possible. The following is a preliminary recipe as to how you can set up Eclipse for WDB (on a Linux environment).

To set up the basic development environment used for WDB:

  * Visit http://www.eclipse.org to download and install Eclipse.
    * Make sure to grab the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ developers
  * Install the plugins used for WDB development
    * Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install
    * Import the [[http://wdb.met.no/download/eclipse.xml|download sites]] for Eclipse
    * Install the following features (don't forget "Select Required")
      * Data Tools Platform SQL Development Tools (Europa Discovery Site)
      * Data Tools Platform Enablement (Europa Discovery Site)
      * Autotools (Sourceware)
      * ShellEd (Chase Technology)
      * Subclipse (Subclipse update site)
    * Download XMLBuddy and follow the instructions to install (unzip file to eclipse/plugins/)

You should now have a fully functional development environment for developing on WDB.

To download WDB using Eclipse:

  * File -> New -> Project -> SVN
  * Use the repository location https://svn.met.no/wdbSystem and select wdb/trunk
  * Using the project wizard to configure, select C++ Autotools project