Set Up Your Java Development Environment

Sign up for a Free Developer Account on the SAP Cloud Platform.

Install Java JDK 1.8 and set up the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables on your local machine.

Alternatively, if you want to use the SAP JVM, you can download it from the SAP Development Tools for Eclipse page, as well.

Download Java Web Tomcat 8 SDK and extract the archive.

Install Eclipse Oxygen IDE.

Follow the instructions how to install Install SAP Development Tools for Eclipse Oxygen.

1. In the Eclipse IDE main menu, choose Window > Preferences.

2. Choose Server > Runtime Environments

3. Choose the Add button.

4. Choose SAP > Java Web Tomcat 8.

5. Choose Next.

6. Java Web Tomcat 8 is set as default name. You can change it if needed.

7. Add your SDK directory:

   • If you have previously downloaded SDK for Java Web Tomcat 8 from Cloud Tools, choose the Browse button to locate your SDK folder.
   • If you have no SDK for Java Web Tomcat 8 locally available or need the latest version, choose the Download and Install button to download it directly from the Maven Central. You can create a new folder to keep your workspace well-organised.

8. Choose Finish.

9. Java Web Tomcat 8 is added as a server runtime environment.

10. In the Preferences window, choose OK.

Follow the steps in order to Set Up SAP JVM in Eclipse IDE.

Configure Git in Eclipse as per your environment.

1. From the menu bar in Eclipse choose Window > Preferences > Team > Git > Configuration.

2. Under User Settings, add the following configuration and adjust the proxy, email and name settings as per your environment, then select Apply. If you are not working behind a proxy, you do not need to set up the proxy value as shown below.

   

1. Install Maven.

2. From the Eclipse menu bar choose Window > Preferences > Maven > User Settings and select the User Settings node.

3. If you are using Maven for the first time, you need to create a settings.xml file at location C:/Users//.m2/settings.xml for Windows users and
   /Users//.m2/settings.xml for Mac OS users.
   You can use the sample snippet below that shows you where you should specify the proxy server in the settings.xml file.

4. If you have already installed Maven before, you can click on the open file link and add the proxy configuration to your settings.xml if it is not already there.
   Note that if you are not working behind a proxy, you can remove the entire proxy section from the snippet.

 <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
     <localRepository>${user.home}/.m2/repository</localRepository>
     <profiles>
       <profile>
         <id>development</id>
         <activation>
           <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
         </activation>
         <properties>
         </properties>
       </profile>
     </profiles>
     <proxies>
     <proxy>
       <active>true</active>
       <protocol>http</protocol>
       <host>proxy</host>
       <port>your_proxy_port</port>
     </proxy>
 </proxies>
 </settings>