Presentation on how to create a Sakai CLE project using the Sakai Spring Maven MVC Archetype given at the Jasig/Sakai 2012 Joint Conference in Atlanta, GA.

1. Using The Sakai
Maven Archetypes
to Get Started
Mike Jennings,
UNC-Chapel Hill
June 10-15, 2012
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2. What is a Maven Archetype?
In short, Archetype is a Maven project templating toolkit.
The archetypes provide users with a way to get there Maven project setup
quickly by providing a sample project that demonstrates many of the features of
Maven.
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3. What Maven Archetypes are available for Sakai?
Sakai Wicket Maven Archetype
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+Wicket+Maven+Archetype
Sakai Spring MVC Maven Archetype
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+Spring+MVC+Maven+Arch
etype
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4. Lets Create A Project!!
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5. Step 1
Navigate to the location you would like to
have your project create in.
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6. Step 2
Just Use this Simple Command
mvn archetype:generate
-DarchetypeGroupId=org.sakaiproject.maven-
archetype -DarchetypeArtifactId=sakai-spring-
maven-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=1.2
-DarchetypeRepository=https://source.sakaiproject.o
rg/maven2/
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7. Step 3
Build your project
mvn clean install sakai:deploy
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8. Step 4
START TOMCAT!!!!
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9. What is In this Project?
A Basic Spring MVC Project
The Sakai Project Maven Layout
Examples of API's, Transfer Objects,
Implementations, and components
Examples of getting information about users,
sessions, ect.
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10. Whats Next?
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11. Project Lombok
You will need to configure Eclipse to take advantage of the lombok
annotations currently used in both the Spring and Wicket Maven
Archetypes.
Download the jar from:
http://projectlombok.org/download.html
Install in Eclipse by running:
java -jar lombok.jar
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12. Import Your Project Into Eclipse
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13. Having Archetype Issues?
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14. File a Jira
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/MARCH
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15. Now Off To Battle!!!
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16. Thanks!
Mike Jennings
Software Developer
Email : gjennings@gmjjavadesigns.com
June 10-15, 2012
ng Community; Growing Possibilities