Tapper Tools Page

  The Tapper source code will be written in Java using version 1.3 or higher. The Java Developer's kit is available for free here.

Every coder needs a good editor. I like JEXT. It's free, it's open source, and it's written in Java.

Lots of people like VIM

We won't be using make files on this project. Instead we'll be using the new "ANT" program from the Apache-Jakarta group. Ant is available for free here.

To properly run Ant you will need a JAXP compliant XML parser. You can get one here.
Note: jaxp.jar now comes with ANT so you may not need to download an XML parser as a separate file any more.

If you're new to Java then I suggest you go to Bruce Eckel's web site and get his book "Thinking In Java".



  Putting your development environment together
 
  1. Install the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.3 as per the instructions.

  2. De-compress the Ant tarball and install the files as per the ANT installation web page (the installation page is part of the ANT installation, It will be on your local hard drive with ANT).

  3. Unzip tapper.zip into whatever directory you want to use as your development directory. ( I use ~/devProjects ).

  4. Add [your development directory]/tapper/lib to your classpath. See the ReadMe Page for more instructions on how to do this.

  5. Build and run tapper. See the ReadMe Page if you're unsure how to do this.