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The Terracotta DSO Eclipse Plugin provides a self-contained environment for developing DSO applications within the Eclipse IDE.  You can install and manage the DSO plugin from within your Eclipse IDE.

Requirements
  • Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) or later
  • Plugin Development Environment plugin (PDE)

Invoke the HelpSoftware UpdatesFind and Install... menu:

In the Feature Updates dialog, select Search for new features to install and click the Next button:

In the Update sites to visit dialog, click the New Remote Site... button:

In the New Update Site dialog, enter Terracotta in the Name: field, enter http://download.terracotta.org/eclipse/update in the URL: field, and select the OK button.

Version Update URL
Final http://download.terracotta.org/eclipse/update
Nightly http://download.terracotta.org/nightly/eclipse/update

Your new update site will appear in the Update sites to visit dialog.

Select the newly added Terracotta Update Site as well as the Europa Discover Site as sites to visit. The Terracotta DSO plug-in depends on the Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) plugin, and selecting the Europa Discovery Site will ensure that it is also installed if needed.

Click Next to move on to the Search Results dialog.

In the Search Results dialog, select the Terracotta feature and click the Next button:

In the Feature License dialog, read the license and, if you agree to its terms, select the I accept the terms of the license agreement:

In the Installation dialog, click the Finish button:

In the Feature Verifcation dialog, click the Install All button:

Terracotta DSO Eclipse Plug-in will be installed followed by a prompt to restart Eclipse, to which you should agree:

After Eclipse has restarted, invoke the TerracottaHelpSlider Tutorial menu to learn how to cluster a simple POJO.

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