Re: Several gaps in instructions for getting up and running

[Sven Efftinge]

Thanks, your feedback is much appreciated.

Btw.: You picked the wrong feature. You should have installed "Xtend SDK".

On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:48 PM, ian.c...@gmail.com wrote:

I thought you might appreciate some feedback from a complete newbie on the installation instructions.

I followed the instructions on: http://www.eclipse.org/xtend/download.html.  The first hurdle is that the update site offers a lot of options, and the download page doesn't say anything about which of them I need.  I guessed "Xpand/Xtend All-In-One", but shouldn't the documentation be more explicit about this rather fundamental question?

There also seems to be a gap in the documentation between installing the SDK and actually creating an Xtend class?  I figured out that you need to create a Java project (I wasted a minute or two looking for the option to create an Xtend project), and then go to "New -> Other..." and find the Xtend Class option.

It would also be really useful to have a tutorial about how to set up an Xtend Maven project.  There is some information on the Download page, but it's not really a walk-through, and it's not really clear to me how exactly Eclipse interacts with Maven as it relates to Xtend.

I think it would really help the project if more attention was given to some introductory tutorials that walked the user through creating a new Xtend project, and perhaps any setup of the IDE to make Xtend easier to use.

Hope that feedback is useful,

Ian.

[Sven Efftinge]

I've updated the download section accordingly : http://www.eclipse.org/xtend/download.html

On Sep 17, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Sven Efftinge <sven.e...@itemis.de> wrote:

Thanks, your feedback is much appreciated.

Btw.: You picked the wrong feature. You should have installed "Xtend SDK".

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