Developer Setup

Eclipse setup

Install and prepare Eclipse

• Download and install Eclipse (Indigo or Juno is recommended);
• Install Scala 2.9.x IDE plugin as described here. Make sure to get the right bundle / update site according with your Eclipse version;
• Install IvyIDE plugin as described here. This will allow to automatically create classpath containers starting from ivy files;

Checkout Kafka source

• git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka.git <kafka.project.dir>

Generate Eclipse project files

• cd <kafka.project.dir>

• Generate the eclipse projects with: ./gradlew eclipse. This command will create eclipse projects for every project defined in Kafka. 

Create the Eclipse workspace

• Open Eclipse and create a new workspace;
• Import the generated project (File -> Import -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace)
  1. Navigate to the <kafka.project.dir>. Eclipse will find the projects generated by the previous command;
  2. Select the projects you want to import;

You should see the projects you have imported. For running unit tests and Kafka broker refer to the previous section.

Intellij Setup

Install and prepare IntelliJ

• Download and install IntelliJ;
• Install the IntelliJ IDEA Scala Plugin (Preferences -> Plugins -> Browse Repositories -> Search for Scala);

Checkout Kafka source

• git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka.git<kafka.project.dir>

Update libraries and generate IntelliJ project files

• cd <kafka.project.dir>
• ./gradlew idea

Create IntelliJ workspace

• Open Intellij and click open project pointing to <kafka.project.dir>