Dev environment setup

Prepare your development environment.

• Latest version of Oracle JDK installed: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase
• git version control system installed: https://git-scm.com/
• Node.js runtime (latest LTS version) installed: https://nodejs.org
• Yarn package manager for managing third party libraries: https://yarnpkg.com/
• Access to censhare git repository
• 20 GB free space on disk (for a new local repository)
• Database server software. One of the following:
  • PostgreSQL 9.5 or newer: https://www.postgresql.org/
  • Oracle Database 11g or newer (or Express Edition): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/express-edition

Use git --version and node --version to determine if the right versions of git and node are installed.

Extra requirements for Windows

• Ant installed - http://ant.apache.org/
• JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME set as environment variables
• git for Windows installed - https://git-scm.com/download/win

Use Get-ChildItem Env: command in PowerShell to determine if environment variables are set correctly.

Optional requirements and tools

• It’s possible to keep and manage multiple Node.js versions on a single system with an appropriate node version manager:
  • Mac/linux: n - https://github.com/tj/n
  • Windows: nvm - https://github.com/creationix/nvm

IDEs

• WebStorm - recommended IDE for frontend development - https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/
• Visual Studio Code - alternative IDE for frontend development - https://code.visualstudio.com/

• Eclipse - default supported IDE for Java development - https://eclipse.org/

• IntelliJ IDEA - alternative IDE for Java development - https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

Supported Browsers

• Google Chrome
• Apple Safari (on MacOS)
• Internet Explorer 11+ , Microsoft Edge (on Windows)