Development Environment, Tools, & Resources

Getting Started

To maximize resources and minimize troubleshooting, perform a clean install or refresh of your operating system. Update your system, Enable VT-x in BIOS if possible, and uninstall all unnecessary programs.

Tools

Package Managers

JDK 8 Options

Command-line tools

Editors

Installing Java, Maven, and STS with Chocolatey

Install Chocolatey
1. Open Powershell as an administrator.
2. Run:
  
  Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
3. Agree to all changes
4. Run:
  
  Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Open a new Powershell window as an administrator and run the following commands:
To install Git for Windows:

choco install git
To install Oracle JDK 8:

choco install jdk8

Alternatively, use choco install and an OpenJDK distribution of your choosing:
```
choco install adoptopenjdk8
choco install zulu8
choco install corretto8jdk
```
To install Apache Maven:

choco install maven

If using an OpenJDK distribution of Java, you should install Maven with the following command to avoid accidentally installing OracleJDK:

choco install maven --ignore-dependencies
To install Spring Tool Suite:

choco install springtoolsuite

Alternatively, install Eclipse for Enterprise Java Developers:

choco install eclipse

Summary

To confirm all tools are properly installed and configured, be sure the following commands return no errors:

git -v
java -version
javac -version
mvn -v

java and javac should only reference Java 8.

You should pin the shortcut to STS. All above tools can be installed at once for convenience using the following command:

choco install -y git jdk8 maven springtoolsuite

Useful Resources

Git

Java SE 8

Maven

SQL

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