On 1 January 2011 17:03, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > > While I'm aware that SpringSource has their own IDE that is based on Eclipse, > my understanding from attending their conference and the SpringSource web > site (http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts) is that this is a Spring IDE > based on Eclipse. You can't download Eclipse and then add on STS, so to me > this is not Eclipse but a separate IDE.
You can download it as a standalone IDE, as you say. Alternatively you can install the STS plugins into an existing Eclipse install. See the installation instructions (http://download.springsource.com/release/STS/doc/STS-installation_instructions.pdf), in particular the "Update site installation" section. This is how I always install it - I start with the standard RCP build (as I do quite a bit of RCP/OSGi/plugin development), then add STS to it (plus a few other plugins, like Subclipse). The update site install used to be a bit of a pain - I typically ended up installing a nightly build. Nowadays though, it seems much better - there is a "Release" update site. You basically have to disable all update sites except for the main Eclipse one and the two SpringSource sites, then do the install. A bit fiddly, but it works. Rich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
