A18.1 JAVA AND MAVEN

A18.1.1     Java

Go to Sun or Oracle website and search for downloading the Java Development kit (JDK).  You will get to download a .zip file. Note that the version of the JDK are changing quite regularly, therefore the version presented in this manual may not be up-to-date when you read it, but the spirit is the same. The JDK (Java development kit) includes the JRE (Java Runtime Environment).

A18.1.2     Installing a compiler: Example with Apache maven

You can download Apache Maven at http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi and save it under your program files (if you work under Microsoft OS). 

Figure 488: Set Maven in your project. Select File -> Settings


Figure 489: Click on override for the “Maven home directory field”

Select “apache-maven-3 xx” (or above) from your file system.