Developer Guide

Zanata Developer Guide

• JBoss AS 7

Build Status (Travis, master branch)

• zanata-parent
• zanata-api
• zanata-common
• zanata-client

Development tools

• Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.7 - yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel
• GIT - Source code repository
• Eclipse IDE for J2EE (Kepler 4.2) or IntelliJ IDEA
• MySQL database 5.1 - 5.5, or mariadb
• WildFly 8.1+ or EAP 6.3+ (can be auto-installed for integration tests)
• Maven v3

Code style (for new files)

See Coding Guide.

Zanata Developer Setup Guide

NB: if you just want to run Zanata via integration tests (or via cargo:run) you need not set up mysql, JBoss or the datasource.

1. install JDK 1.7 (see above)
2. install git
3. get Zanata source GitHub Setup
4. install Maven
5. install MySQL client and server
6. create database: zanata
7. install JBoss
8. configure JBoss
9. add MySQL JDBC driver to JBoss
10. add Zanata datasource to JBoss
11. add mysql and JBoss details to maven settings
12. install Eclipse
13. add Eclipse plugins
14. prepare zanata for eclipse import
15. import zanata into eclipse
16. configure Eclipse

Zanata Architecture Overview

See Architecture