Introduction

Hi, in this tutorial you will learn how to download and install RoxGT. The first thing you got to know is that RoxGT is built under Eclipse platform, and its composed by plugins.

The Eclipse platform is heavly popular because of the Java IDE plugin that is shipped by default. But the truth is that you can do anything you want with the Eclipse just writing plugins for it, This powerful architecture allows you, for example, to write an application and ship the Eclipse platform containing just the plugin you just wrote and its dependant plugins, everything as a whole new application (that applied concept its called Eclipse RCP).

Well, the RoxGT is composed basically by a graph editor and a graph API packed into a plugin to work on the Eclipse platform. It has also some other node plugins that defines the node's behaviour and appearence. Its built on top of GEF  framework, allowing to developers (as yourself) to "speak the same language" when there are the need to extend and contribute to RoxGT framework.

You can get it in two different ways:

As a plugin for your Eclipse

Pre-requisites:

• Java
  

• Eclipse 3.1 or greater

• GEF or Visual Editor plugin installed

Performing the update

Here you can just download Rox as a plugin, giving you more freedom to use pre-existent plugins. This is the default distribution method.

• In your Eclipse, choose Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install...
• Choose new Remote Site
• Name: Rox
• URL: http://www.projetorox.org/update
• Select the new Remote site you've just created and click Finish
• Select the features you want and click Next in all subsequent windows

As an single application (RCP)

Pre-requisites:

• Java
  

That's it

Now you are able to create Rox graphs into your java projects. Read the My First Project tutorial.