Setup req'd for Selenium development on Windows 2003

selenium-developer-setup-windows.txt

# Install cygwin and wget
* Go to http://www.cygwin.com/
* Download Cygwin, and run installer.
* During installation, under "Web", select "wget"
* After installation, add Cygwin binaries to System "Path" environment variable
  (Sample: C:\cygwin\bin)

(also install 'unzip')

# Install Java:
* Go to http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
* Select "Windows XP/Vista/2000/2003 Online" download option
* Download and run installer. (On EC2, logged in as Administrator, I had to "Unblock" the file using the Properties context-menu before I could run the installer.)

# Check installation:
$ java -version

# Set JAVA_HOME variable to:


# Install Maven:
* Go to http://maven.apache.org/download.html
* Select "apache-maven-2.0.9-bin.zip", and continue to download from a mirror site.
$ unzip D:/downloads/apache-maven-2.0.9-bin.zip
$ mv D:/downloads/apache-maven-2.0.9 D:/apps
* Add 'D:/apps/apache-maven-2.0.9/bin' to System PATH.

# Check installation:
* Relaunch command prompt to pick up new PATH vars.
$ mvn --version


# Install Subversion
$ sudo apt-get install subversion

# Check installation:
$ svn --version --quiet  


# Make sure Firefox is on the path
$ PATH=`find /usr/lib -type d -name "firefox-3*"`:$PATH
 

# Checkout Selenium Remote Control:
$ mkdir --parents ~/projects/selenium/selenium-rc            
$ svn co https://svn.openqa.org/svn/selenium-rc/trunk/ ~/projects/selenium/selenium-rc

# Checkout Selenium Core
$ mkdir --parents ~/projects/selenium/selenium-core
$ svn co http://svn.openqa.org/svn/selenium-core/trunk/ ~/projects/selenium/selenium-core
                

# Build Core
$ cd ~projects/selenium/selenium-core/ 
$ mvn install

# Build Core, but this time, run all tests
$ mvn test


# Build RC
$ cd ~projects/selenium/selenium-rc/
$ mvn -Pcore install

# Build RC, but this time, run all tests
$ mvn -Pcore test