This tutorial will walk you through the steps necessary to utilize the Eclipse Update Manager to download and install the DataRush Development Tools for use with the DataRush SDK.

Pre-requisites

Before beginning with this tutorial, please install the Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) SDK. The DataRush plug-ins also rely on several other Eclipse plug-ins, the list is contained below. You must download and install each of these additional Eclipse plug-ins for the DataRush development tools to work. The downloads page for DataRush contains a link to a pre-packaged Eclipse SDK with the other necessary Eclipse plug-ins. You can start there if you like and bypass having to install each plug-in separately.

Required Eclipse Plug-ins

• EMF
• EMF Query
• EMF Transaction
• EMF Validation
• Modeling Development Tools (MDT) OCL
• MDT UML2
• GEF

Using the Eclipse Update Manager

To utilize the Eclipse Update Manager to install the DDT feature and plug-ins, follow the given steps:

• With Eclipse up and running, select the Help->Software Updates->Find and Install menu option,
• Click on the Search for new features to install radio button and then click Next,
• Click on the New Remote Site button, the New Update Site dialog will appear,
• Enter a name for the udpate site, such as "Pervasive DataRush Updates" and then enter the URL http://www.pervasivedatarush.com/updates, click OK to create the new update site
• The update site you just created now appears in the update site list and is selected; ensure it is the only site selected and click Finish,
• The update manager will now connect to the site and display the feature(s) available on the site. Select the DataRush Site and the features below it will be enabled. Click Next to continue the selection process.
• Read the Beta agreement and click on I accept the terms in the license agreement to enable the Next button; click on the Next button,
• A list of features to install will be displayed. The only feature shown should be the DataRush Development Tools feature. Click Finish to start the installation process.
• The feature and plug-ins will now be downloaded from the site and installed locally. You may be prompted to determine if it is ok to install unsigned jar files, select the Install option to install the feature,
• You will be prompted to restart Eclipse. Go ahead and restart to begin using the DataRush Development Tools.

After Eclipse restarts, open the DataRush perspective by clicking Window->Open Perspective->Other .... Select the DataRush perspective from the list.

You are now ready to begin using the DataRush Development Tools. To begin, download the sample applications and load them into Eclipse. Click here for the tutorial on downloading and importing the DataRush sample applications into Eclipse.