Create a groovy development environment

Create a groovy development environment

To establish the groovy development environment, follow the steps below:
1 Install JDK5 and above version
· Setting up Java_home environment variables after installation
· Optionally, add Java_home/bin to the PATH environment variable to execute the Java command.
2 If you want to use Eclipse, select Eclipse3.1 and more versions
· Installing the Subversion-plugin Plugin
· Subclipse plugin, http://subclipse.tigris.org (update site in http://subclipse.tigris.org/update)
· Subversive plugin, also supports subversion,http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&project=subversive
(Update site in http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/1.1/update-site/)
3 If you want to build from the command line, install ant 1.7
4 Extract Groovy Source code
· If you are using eclipse:
· Open the SVN perspective for Eclipse
· Browse SVN, view svn information
· Create a new repository to extract groovy source code
· If eclipse is not used, from the command line: SVN co http://svn.codehaus.org/groovy/trunk/groovy/groovy-core
5) to establish groovy
· Execute ant at the command line and build successfully. If Setup fails, view Groovy/target/test-reports
6) Done.

Set up Groovy Environment
1) Download Groovy-binary-1.5.6.zip, decompression. such as: C:/groovy
2 Set the GROOVY_HOME environment variable, under the Windows operating system, as follows:
· Add a system variable named Groovy_home, set its value to C:/groovy
· Enter the command "set" at the command line to check whether the environment variable is set correctly
3) (optional) Add%groovy_home%/bin to System path
4 Run the Groovyconsole.bat file under the bin directory, such as normal execution, indicating success.

Set up an optional package for groovy
1) Jtds-version.jar
Database drivers for SQL Server or Sybase
2) Hsqldb-version.jar
Database-driven for HSQLDB

Grails Installation and Setup
1 Download grails latest version, such as Grails-bin-1.0.2.zip
2) Extract to C:/grails
3 Create the GRAILS_HOME environment variable and set its value to C:/grails
4) Java_home environment variables also need
5 Add%grails_home%/bin to the PATH environment variable in addition
6 Enter grails at the command line to see what is displayed