----------------------------------------------------- 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About this update of IDE4Laszlo ------------------------------- - The IDE4Laszlo project has been archived by the Eclipse Foundation in December 2006 - See http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/laszlo/ for more information - This update is intended as recommitment to the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 ----------------------------------------- - Linux 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) ------------------ Installation Steps ------------------ Here is the install sequence (for new installations): 1. Make sure you have installed OpenLaszlo 4.0.10 2. Download and install the All-In-One GTK version of the IDE4Laszlo 3. See Linux Install Considerations to make sure the correct version of Mozilla is installed. 4. Launch Eclipse and create a new Laszlo Project 5. 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.