Chapter 1. Getting Started
In this chapter, we will set up our development environment and discuss how we can leverage SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) to its maximum. Although any popular Java development IDE such as Eclipse, intelliJ, NetBeans, and others can be used for developing Spring Integration solutions, pivotal, the company spearheading Spring Integration, recommends that you use STS which is an Eclipse-based IDE.
Setting up STS
STS comes with many off-the-shelf plugins, visual editors, and other features, which ease the development of Spring-powered enterprise applications. The look and feel of the IDE is very similar to Eclipse. Install STS by following these steps:
- JDK 1.6 and above is a prerequisite, download and install it from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html ...
Get Spring Integration Essentials now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
