I have an eclipse plugin, when I deploy it, I use a feature project then export through the wizard to get zip file to install in any eclipse based app.
How can I automate this ?
I want the whole process to run automatically.
Use the PDE Build stuff, also see the documentation.
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I am trying to add build steps in an Eclipse project (Eclipse CDT Version: 3.8.0 on Debian).
For instance, when instructing Eclipse to build it would:
1- Run premake
2- Run make
You get the gist.
There's 0 tutorials on the subject and I looked everywhere... Is it because this feature doesn't exist? That's hard to believe...
There is no tutorial for Eclipse build :D
May be you want to build your project? Correct me if I am wrong.
As I know, Eclipse supports us to use Ant build to build/ execute the build step for projects (not for Eclipse itself) => build.xml
And If you really want to do some things else, i think create a bat file. and then execute it when start Eclipse is a suggestion.
How can I integrate qunit with eclipse? I could not find a plugin for the same in Eclipse marketplace.
Is there any other way by which I can integrate the two?
Should it be through JS Test Driver?
Here's one way to do this:
Download and install the headless browser "phantomJS". It has a plugin for launching qunit tasks.
In Eclipse, define a menu item Run/External Tools/Configuration with a command line like this
phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs phantomjs/run-qunit.js nttp://mysite.com/myproject/tests/qunit-composite.html
If you have many test scripts and test cases, and if want to store your run results in a database, then additionally do this:
Install the Build Server TeamCity, it is free and has an Eclipse plugin.
Configure and start TeamCity from the command line.
In TeamCity, add a new project with a single Build Step with the phantomjs call mentioned above
All this brings more complexity of course.
How do I build and install an Eclipse plugin using ant? I want to build a plugin as a zip file and then install the plugin on 32bit or 64bit eclipse. What am I supposed to do here?
Indeed, using PDE/Build to achieve a so-called headless build is difficult, but not impossible.
We are still building our RCP this way.
I recommend reading Paulin's and Sharma's tutorials on the issue.
The Eclipse PDE has its own builder which is built on ant. I'm not sure from your question if you are looking to simply build/export your plugin within eclipse or generate ant build scripts that can be run outside of eclipse. The latter is more difficult. Inside eclipse you can simple go to file -> export -> Plugin-Development -> Deployable plugin and the export wizard will walk you through it, you can select to deploy a zip or exploded directory and then select output location and presto you have your plugin built as a jar that can be dropped into an eclipse instance. If you are looking to use ant outside of eclipse to build you need to go through a series of steps that are complicated to get a 'headless build", if this is what you need to do Google "pde headless" build. I've tried it but gave up. There is also a good book "Building highly modular systems with OSGI/Equinox that has a chapter devoted to this. - Duncan
I want to develop and manage my DEV#CloudBees and RUN#CloudBees workspace from Eclipse, for a PlayFramework project, and I will have to work with it from several different PC. I'm using the Cloudbees SVN repository, Jenkins CI solution, database ... everything.
I installed CloudBees and PlayFramework plugins for Eclipse, created my CloudBees account, SVN repository, project, Jenkins Job and database. I've created my Play project, eclipsified it.
I understand and I have tested each component of my targeted working environment but I didn't manage to make them work smoothly together.
1- I've seen some Play modules for CloudBees but it is only for command-line use. Is there a nice Eclipse plugin wrapper for this ?
2- I have some issues writing the build.xml, especially when referencing the PlayFramework libs, because I can not use the local installation as it won't work on Jenkins.
3- How can I deploy to RUN#CloudBees from Eclipse ? If i use the CloudBees plugin, it doesn't package the PlayFramework libs.
4- How can I use the testing features of Play to be integrated in Jenkins ?
I have a lot of questions but it is enough for now :) By the way, PlayFramework is awesome and CloudBees a life-saving work environment.
Thank you for your help.
Contact the support, they are really helpful..and fast!
they do have a plugin for Jenkins, ask to get it installed on your server..I use the command
play auto-test
and it works fine. You'll need some code to check for failures depending on the .failures files. check this link
I received a very quick and efficient answer from Cloudbees support.
It confirms what mericano1 and Ryan said (thanks to them).
The CloudBees Jenkins service let users install some customization plugins like the Play! Framework one !
After adding it to the core configuration, you can add a new build step "Play!" in your job configuration and set the Play! commands you need. For example "clean", then "deps --sync" and finally "auto-test". You can also add the war -o toto.war if you need the binary.
You can check the "Play! auto-test reports" checkbox. You'll have an additional icon "Play! Test Result" in the left menu of the build result page to watch the ... Play test result page (unbelieavable :)).
Still in the job configuration, you can check the "Deploy to CloudBees" features. I didn't tried but I think the Play! libs issues wouldn't be resolved. So, add the cloudbees 0.2.2 plugin in your Play! project dependencies.yml, and you can add the bees:app:deploy command in your build step.
For Eclipse, the CloudBees plugin is fully functionnal, once you have configurated your Jenkins job. But you should stay with the Play! process to develop locally and not the Run DEV#/CloudBees Local.
1) The cloudbees module is only for the command-line. There is no Eclipse plugin (that I know of). However, the command-line is really simple play bees:app:deploy
2) Not sure here
3) Deploying Play Framework Apps is a bit different from deploying J2EE (because of the necessary play war command), thus deploying a Play app to Cloudbees from Eclipse might not be possible. However, see 1).
4) I think there is a Play plugin for Jenkins. I have never used it on/off Cloudbees.
OK, so I provided some help on questions 2 and 4, and unfortunately, the answers may not have been what you hoped. I suggest switching to command-line when it is time to deploy.
In eclipse click on external tools menu and create a new command as noted by Ryan in 1).
then you can simply click on the external tool icon.
I would like to make an offline Eclipse installation with JDT, CDT and a few other plugins. This is what I would like to do, in decreasing preference:
Create an installation package similar to the ones available for download on the Eclipse website. Question: How can this be done? How are they created? Is there some kind of automated tool that gets the packages from p2 repositories and builds them? Is there a detailed explanation somewhere of how they are created? (I am aware of Yoxos, but that is a few versions old)
Do the installation on an internet-connected computer, and then copy the folder to another computer. Question: Can this be done? Will a simple Copy/Paste work correctly? Is there anything I can delete from the installation that will be automatically recreated?
Use an Eclipse package, say JDT, and a downloaded copy (zip file?) of the CDT and other plugins, and install them on the target machine using the standard Eclipse plugin installation from a local archive method. Question Where can I get these downloads?
The simplest approach you could use is to start from the eclipse "classic" package downloaded directly from the site, and then manually install the other components you need via update manager. You can then zip the eclipse directory and distribute it without any problem.
Otherwise you could try to use Yoxos to create your package, download and distribute it