Workshop Requirements

Please bring your laptops. Install the compilers for the language you'd like to use. If you'd like to use Java 8, please make sure you have the right version (Java 8 with lambda expression) installed. Also make sure you have your favorite IDE on the machine you bring along.

The workshop requirements are pretty minimal. You'll need:

• Java SDK 1.5+ (I'll be using 1.7, but 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 are all fine)
• Groovy 2.0+ (I'll be using the latest version, 2.1.6)

The Groovy downloads are found at the Groovy homepage, http://groovy.codehaus.org .

Groovy has a Windows installer, or you can just download the zip file, unzip it, set a GROOVY_HOME environment variable to point to the unzipped directory, and add the “bin” subdirectory to your path.

If you are on a Mac or Unix flavor (or Windows with cygwin), consider GVM, located at http://gvmtool.net . That works for both Groovy and Grails, as well as a few other projects.

No IDE is necessary, but if you prefer to go that way, the Groovy plugin for Eclipse is fine. If you want to use Grails as well, consider the Groovy & Grails Tool Suite, found at http://grails.org/products/ggts . IntelliJ IDEA is great and you're welcome to use it as an alternative.

• Java 7
• Python
• Code Editor (IDE or simple text editor)
• Groovy
• Gradle
• Cassandra Server
• CQLSH (CQL Shell)

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Please bring a laptop, download and install the following software for the lab:

• JDK 7
• WildFly 8.1
• “Java EE” or “All” version of NetBeans 8