To create a working environment for Spring AOP development on Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10, Apple MacOSX 10.5.6, or Windows XP, we need to:
Download and install the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Eclipse, Spring IDE, and AJDT plug-ins
Download and install the Apache Tomcat servlet container
Download and install the PostgreSQL database
Download the Spring full distribution
In this chapter we will see how to install the whole development environment on Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10, Apple MacOSX 10.5.6, and Windows XP, including the Java Development Kit, the IDE Eclipse, the Eclipse plug-ins Spring IDE, and AJDT, which allow Checking the Spring and AOP configurations.
We're also going to see how to install the database PostgreSQL 8.3, create the application's database, and install the servlet engine Tomcat 6.0.x.
Our aim is to have a development environment, and not a production one. Therefore, we won't deal with the permissions that must be correctly set...