Environment for debugging Kettle

[SignorRossi]

Hi,
I'm new to developing in Eclipse so please be lenient with me.

For the developing of a custom Kettle-Step I need to set up an Eclipse environment where I can develop and debug a new transformation step.

I did the following:

• downloaded the source of the Branch 5.4.0.3 from git
• ran "ant clean-all resolve create-dot-classpath" as described in the README.txt and it finished with BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Now I would like to compile and run/debug in Eclipse:
So I opened the Project by importing the "Existing Projects into Workspace" with checked option "Search for nested projects" and got all the Kettle-Core,-DB Dialog,-Engine,-UI and PlugIn-Projects and the 'pentaho-kettle'-project. (All projects on the same level!)
As the README.txt says there should be a launch configuration for Run and Debug... but there isn't.

To build the whole project from Eclipse I tried "Build Project" on the 'pentaho-kettle'-project and got tons of errors.
So I tried to run the build.xml as Ant-Task (right click on build.xml ->'run as' ->'Ant Build') got several warnings but also a BUILD SUCCESSFUL!

But I have still no launch configuration and when I try to run the Launch-File (pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3.launch) it comes up with "Launch configuration pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3 references non-existing project pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3."
I guess I messed something up with the project import in Eclipse. Can anybody help me?

My Environment looks like this:

• Eclipse Luna (4.4.2)
  (with the Apache Ivy PlugIns(Ivy Ant Tasks, IvyDE, IvyDE ResolveVisualizer) and some SVN-Plugins)
  Compiler compliance level is set to 1.7.
• JDK 7u80
• ANT 1.9.6

Thanks in advance!

[SignorRossi]

Any suggestions?
Is this the right forum for this question?
Do you need more details?

Please give me some hints!

[SignorRossi]

Hi,
for the development of a custom Kettle-Step I need to set up an Eclipse environment where I can develop and debug a new transformation step.

I did the following:

• Downloaded the source of the Branch 5.4.0.3 from git (https://github.com/pentaho/pentaho-kettle)
• ran "ant clean-all resolve create-dot-classpath" as described in the README.txt and it finished with BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Now I would like to compile and run/debug in Eclipse:
So I opened the Project by importing the "Existing Projects into Workspace" with checked option "Search for nested projects" and got all the Kettle-Core,-DB Dialog,-Engine,-UI and PlugIn-Projects and the 'pentaho-kettle'-project. (All projects on the same level!)
As the README.txt says there should be a launch configuration for Run and Debug... but there isn't.

To build the whole project from Eclipse I tried "Build Project" on the 'pentaho-kettle'-project and got tons of errors.
So I tried to run the build.xml as Ant-Task (right click on build.xml ->'run as' ->'Ant Build') got several warnings but also a BUILD SUCCESSFUL!

But I have still no launch configuration and when I try to run the Launch-File (pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3.launch) it comes up with "Launch configuration pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3 references non-existing project pentaho-kettle-5.4.0.3."
I guess I messed something up with the project import in Eclipse. Can anybody help me?

My Environment looks like this:

• Eclipse Luna (4.4.2)
  (with the Apache Ivy PlugIns(Ivy Ant Tasks, IvyDE, IvyDE ResolveVisualizer) and some SVN-Plugins)
• Compiler compliance level is set to 1.7.
• JDK 7u80
• ANT 1.9.6

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

[ryno1234]

Hello,

Did you ever this this working? I'm new to this as well (and new to Eclipse / Java) and have been struggling with the steep learning curve. If you got this running correctly, I'd appreciate any help.

[SignorRossi]

Hi ryno1234,
sorry, I've still got no clue!
But I need to set this up in the next month so if I get a solution, workaround or something else I' let you know...