----------------------------------------------------- README, Integrated Development Environment for Laszlo ----------------------------------------------------- This is the installation readme for the Integrated Development Environment for Laszlo, version 0.3.1. README Contents: - About this update of IDE4Laszlo - Supported Platforms and Operating Systems - System Requirements - Prerequisite Software - Installation Steps - Changes - Limitations - Documentation ------------------------------- About this update of IDE4Laszlo ------------------------------- - The IDE4Laszlo project has been archived by the Eclipse Foundation in December 2006 - See http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/laszlo/ for more information - This update is intended as recommitment to the OpenLaszlo community and makes no claim to be complete - Source code is included in all distribution bundles - Bug fixes and improvements are welcome and can be sent to mh@syte.ch ----------------------------------------- Supported Platforms and Operating Systems ----------------------------------------- - Windows 2000 - Windows XP - Linux - Mac Note: On Mac and Linux platforms, the Eclipse GUI may render strange or incorrect UI elements, such as dialog buttons or resizing. These are Eclipse limitations, not IDE4Laszlo shortcomings. ------------------- System Requirements ------------------- Recommended system: 400 MB Free disk space 1 GB Physical RAM 1 GHz Processor --------------------- Prerequisite Software --------------------- - Laszlo Presentation Server 4.0.10 is required for this release. It can be downloaded from: http://www.openlaszlo.org/download (Note: The context root directory for the LPS webapp must be writable by the user) - Eclipse Web Tools Project (WTP) 2.0.1 and prerequisites http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/drops/R2.0/R-2.0.1-20070926042742/ - ATF Web Tools Package based upon WTP.2.0.1 http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/webtools/atf/0.2.3M4-v200709141050/atf-incubation-wtp-0.2.3M4-v200709141050.zip ------------------ Installation Steps ------------------ For installing on Linux, see Linux Install Considerations to make sure the correct version of Mozilla is installed. Here is the install sequence (for new installations): 1. Make sure you have installed OpenLaszlo 4.0.10 2. Install Eclipse Web Tools Project (WTP) 2.0.1 and prerequisites 3. Install ATF Web Tools Package based upon WTP.2.0.1 4. Download and install the feature version of the IDE4Laszlo 5. Launch Eclipse and create a new Laszlo Project 6. Read the tutorial how to work with IDE4Laszlo (Menu > Help > Help Contents and selecting IDE for Laszlo User Guide) The Visual Editor uses the SWT Browser control, which requires Linux users to install Mozilla 1.7.x (Note: Mozilla Firefox will NOT work) for the IDE to function correctly. Here are the steps to follow: 1. Download and install Eclipse 2. Download and install Mozilla 1.7.x. 3. Once Mozilla 1.7.x is installed: * check if the shell variable MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is set and points to Mozilla 1.7.x. $ echo $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME * If necessary, set correctly by doing: $ MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME= $ export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME 4. Startup Eclipse by doing the following: $ cd $ ./eclipse -vmargs -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.internal.flash (This will enable the Flash Player in the SWT Browser) ----------- Changes ----------- version 0.3.1 3/08 - Updated embedded LPS to OpenLaszlo 4.0.10 version 0.3.0 3/08 - Updated embedded LPS to OpenLaszlo 3.4 - Updated to use WTP 2.0 and latest release of ATF project version 0.2.0 4/06 - Updated LPS version detection and embedded LPS to OpenLaszlo 3.2. version 0.1.0b 1/06 - Updated to use WTP 1.0.0. Added build for JDK 1.5. version 0.1.0a 9/17 - Updated schema, UI, LPS version detection and embedded LPS to OpenLaszlo 3.1 - Added compiler cache between recompiles - Many bugs fixed version 2.1 8/05 - rebased upon eclipse 3.1 and eclipse web tools project. - Design view need for LPS server running now controlled by "Live" vs "Local" preference - port number should be configurable - contributed to eclipse.org on 10/20/05 version 2.0 4/05 - Added visual editor. - Improvements in lzx outline view. - New "Attributes" view provides more user friendly xml attribute editing. - Dynamic media/data (http) supported in visual editor - New "Design View Log" shows debug messages from spplication being visually edited. - miscellaneous bug fixes version 1.2 2/05 - Improvements in previewing. A "preview view" which can be visible at the same time as the lzx source. Select the menu Window->Show View->Other, then select Rich Client Tools->Preview. - Improvements in Run performance. Laszlo source can be modified while running and application, just hit browser refresh button to reflect changes. - Installation will not affect existing key bindings - miscellaneous bug fixes version 1.1 1/05 - Compiles and previews now work on Mac - Laszlo files (*.lzx) can now be created within Java or Web projects. - IDE for Laszlo works on top of RAD 6.0 (with some limitations) - miscellaneous bug fixes ----------- Limitations ----------- - The live design view has been deactivated - The context action 'Run As Laszlo Application' doesn't seem to run correctly with MOZILLA ------------- Documentation ------------- More information about using Integrated Development Environment for Laszlo can be found in the Eclipse Help Topics by clicking Menu > Help > Help Contents and selecting IDE for Laszlo User Guide.