Installation Guide for Descriptor Systems Struts Programming Workshop.

Installation Guide for Descriptor Systems Struts Programming Workshop -- RAD 7 Version

Important: Please print this document and as you install the software, mark up the document with the actual directory paths where you installed the software. Then leave a copy of the marked-up document for the instructor.

If you have questions or difficulties with the installation, you can contact Joel Barnum at 319-362-3906 or email at .

Hardware Requirements - Student computers

• A Pentium 2Ghz processor
• 2GB of free disk space for installation
• 1GB RAM minimum
• 1024x768 display, 65536 colors
• Optional Internet connection

Hardware Requirements - Instructor computer

Instructor machine hardware is the same as students, plus any additional requirements listed below.

• Projection unit, 800x600 resolution minimum
• Internet connection strongly recommended

Software Requirements - Student computers

• Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Unzip utility such as WinZip from www.winzip.com
• RAD 7
• Student Exercises Archive

Software Requirements - Instructor computer

Instructor machine software is the same as students, plus any additional requirements listed below.

Setup Instructions - Student computers

1. Download the Rational Application Developer Trial for Windows from http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rad/

   You will need to register with IBM before you can download.

   Download the following components to a temporary directory on your hard disk: RAD_V7.0_Part_1.zip, RAD_V7.0_Part_2.zip etc. up to and including RAD_V7.0_Part_10.zip.

2. Unzip each of the archives to a temporary directory. You should end up with subdirectories disk1, disk2 and so forth.

3. Install RAD by running launchpad.exe in the downloaded disk1 folder.

   Install using all of the defaults, except when you get to the Features page in the IBM Installation Manager, find the Struts Tools entry under Web Development tools and and select it.

4. Test the RAD installation by starting RAD from the Windows Start menu.

5. Download the Struts Student Exercise archive from http://www.descriptor.com/setupguides/struts/setup/rad7/strutsclass.zip. Unzip the archive to the root directory on Drive C:. You should end up with a subdirectory named c:\strutsclass.

Setup Instructions - Instructor computers

1. Repeat the Student software setup on the instructor machine.

2. Download the Courseware Viewer from http://www.descriptor.com/viewer/binaries/setup.exe

   To install, run the setup.exe program.

3. Download the Screen Show Archive from http://www.descriptor.com/setupguides/struts/setup/struts-screenshow.zip

   To install, unzip struts-screenshow.zip to the root of drive c:.

4. Test the Courseware Viewer. From the Windows Start menu, choose Descriptor Systems - Courseware Viewer. Then use the File - Open menu to open the c:\strutsclass\foils\struts.crs file. You should see the Struts Workshop instructor display.