Requirements for Setting up your Developer Environment

Overview

Following the instructions in this guide, you can set up a standard Elastic Path developer environment with the following:

• Zulu Open Java 8 JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.8 (64 bit)
• Apache Maven 3.6.2

After completing the setup instructions, you can:

• Build and run Elastic Path Web Applications from the command line
• Import the projects into an IDE of your choice for development

System Hardware Requirements

Your developer environment must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Processor: 2.5 GHz quad-core processor
• RAM: 16 GB
• Hard Drive: Solid state drive

Prerequisites

Before you begin setting up your developer environment, you must set up either a team infrastructure environment or a Proof of Concept infrastructure environment with the following items:

• A Maven repository
• Elastic Path source code

Install Development Tools

Zulu Java

Development on Elastic Path requires Zulu OpenJDK™ Java 8 (1.8.0_275 64-bit).

1. Go to the Zulu OpenJDK site.

2. In the Select a Version of Java field, select 8.

3. In the Select a Target Operating System field, select an operating system.

4. Do one of the following:

   • For Windows: Download and extract appropriate installation file for Windows x64
   • For Linux: : Download and extract appropriate installation file for Linux x64
   • For Mac OS X: Download and extract appropriate installation file for Mac OS X 10.13 (High Sierra) or later

Apache Maven

Apache Maven is a dependency management and project build system that is required to build this version of Elastic Path Commerce.

Maven Compatibility

This version of Elastic Path Commerce is only compatible with Maven 3.6.2. It is not compatible with newer Maven versions.

To install Maven (on Windows):

1. Go to Maven distribution.
2. Download the Maven 3.6.2 (Binary zip): apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.zip.
3. Unzip apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.zip to C:\apache-maven-3.6.2 (For Windows).

To install Maven (on Mac or Linux):

1. Go to Maven distribution.

2. Download the Maven 3.6.2 (Binary zip)

   apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.tar.gz.

3. Decompress apache-maven-3.6.2-bin.tar.gz to ~\apache-maven-3.6.2.