Servoy is a plugin for the Eclipse platform, so to develop the Servoy codebase an Eclipse SDK environment with Eclipse Plugin development facilities is required.

Download & install

Installation & setup

• Download & install Servoy Developer. 
• Download & install a version of Eclipse with Eclipse Plugin Development features installed (Eclipse SDK)
• Start Eclipse SDK and create a new Workspace
• Install an SVN plugin
• Checkout the Servoy Codebase from SVN
• Add a new target platform (Preferences > Plugin Development > Target platform > add).
  • Add a Location under "Locations" of type "directory" and point it to the developer directory of the Servoy Developer installation
• Create a new Debug Launch configuration (Run > Debug Configurations)
  • Select the "Eclipse Application" node and click the "New launch configuration" button
  • On the "Main" tab:
    • Provide a Name
    • Specify a workspace location under "Workspace Data" by clicking "File System". Select the workspace containing your Servoy solution projects  
    • select 'com.servoy.eclipse.core.ide' under "Main" > "Program to run" > "Run a product"
  • On the "Arguments" tab:
    • Point "Working directory" > "Others:" to the developer directory of the existing Servoy installation, by clicking the "File system" button
  • Apply the changes

*Debugging using Eclipse Plugin Development facilities:*

Plugin/bean development using the Eclipse Plugin Development facilities means that Servoy Developer is started from within a Eclipse instance that has the Eclipse Plugin Development features installed (called "plain" Eclipse from now on). 
The plugin/bean project is located in the "plain" Eclipse instance. When it's time to debug the code, the Servoy Developer Eclipse instance is launched as a debug process from within the "plain" Eclipse instance.
The Servoy Developer Eclipse instance is a full featured Servoy Developerhat can be used to create/alter solutons, start Debug Clients, create and debug JavaScript code etc. If any code is executed that is part of the plugin/bean project in the "plain" Eclipse instance and it contains a breakpoint, the Java debugger in the "plain" Eclipse instance will be activated and thus the plugin/bean code can be debugged.

Debugging

To launch a debug session the first time, it is required to go through the Debug Configuration dialog:
*  Run > Debug Configurations >  select the previously created Debug Configuration and press the "Debug" button
On subsequent launches the Debug Configuration will be accessible through the Debug History (available through Run > Debug History or the debug button on the toolbar)

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