Installing and configuring Eclipse

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download eclipse

1.1 download "Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers": eclipse download website
1.2 extract the downloaded content wherever you want to have your programs (e.g. C:\Program Files); now your eclipse is "installed"

configure Eclipse

2.1 start your eclipse
2.2 define a workspace: a place on your computer where you want to have your self programmed applications

install SVN

therefor please check out this video.

setup salepoint 5 project

get EclipsLink

5.1 right click on your project --> Properties --> JPA
5.2 select "Plattform": "EclipseLink 2.3.x"
5.3 in "JPA implementation" select "Type": "User Library" and click on the small symbol with the disk and the arrow which says “Download Library...”
5.4 select "EclipseLink 2.3.0”
5.5 click “Next”
5.6 accept license and click “Finish”
5.7 wait until download has finished

configure persistence.xml

create database connection

finally

now you should be able to start programming