IMDB Setup

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As you probably want to set up the application and run it, some instructions for this are found here.

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[edit] Prerequisites

No previous exposure to Maven? No problem at all, you'll just have to install it and follow the instructions. We already configured everything for you.

[edit] The fast track

To get started really quick, issue the following at the command prompt: 

mkdir imdb && 
cd imdb && 
mvn scm:checkout -DconnectionUrl=scm:svn:https://svn.neo4j.org/examples/imdb/trunk/ && 
cd target/checkout && 
mvn jetty:run &

Feed your browser this location:

http://localhost:8080/imdb/setup.html

The application should now be up and running. To stop it, use mvn jetty:stop from the same location (imdb/target/checkout).

[edit] Setup the project

Now, lets go through things more in detail if you like to. Or just go on to IMDB The Domain.

  • Download the application from the repository : http://m2.neo4j.org/org/neo4j/examples/imdb/
  • You need a file named imdb-{version info}-src.tar.gz or imdb-{version info}-src.zip
  • Unpack the file, cd into the directory.
  • Make sure everything compiles: 
$ mvn
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
... <lots and lots of download spam> ...
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
...
$


[edit] Running the application

  • mvn jetty:run
  • browse to http://localhost:8080/imdb/setup.html
  • run the data injection from the page
  • only inject the data once!
  • the port number is set in pom.xml, if you want to change it
  • mvn jetty:stop is used to stop the service

If you are using the Eclispe IDE m2eclipse plug-in, the run configuration for the first Maven goal would look like this:


Image:M2EclipseRunConfiguration.png


[edit] Suggested development environment

We found these tools to be useful for developing this application.

As for OS, we have tested the application under Ubuntu, Windows Vista (doable, but not recommended!) and some other systems.


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