WebDSL in Eclipse (recommended)

Use the following instructions to install the WebDSL Eclipse plugin, the plugin also contains the compiler.

Eclipse with plugin pre-installed

For quick setup, zipped eclipse installations are available with the plugin pre-installed:

Windows: http://webdsl.org/zip/eclipsewin.zip

Linux: http://webdsl.org/zip/eclipselinux.zip

Linux 64bit: http://webdsl.org/zip/eclipselinux64.zip

Mac: http://webdsl.org/zip/eclipsemac.zip

Mac 64bit: http://webdsl.org/zip/eclipsemac64.zip

Eclipse 3.5+ manual plugin installation

• Go to Help -> Install New Software...
• In the "Work with:" text area type: http://webdsl.org/update. Important: uncheck "Group items by category" to make the plugin visible (this works around a known issue)
• Check "WebDSL Editor" and press "Install", accept the license agreement, finish the installation, and finally restart Eclipse.
• Change the eclipse.ini file to include the options -Xss8m -Xms256m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -server to set a 8 MB stack size and 1024 MB of virtual memory. These options must be added below the line that contains -vmargs. On Mac OS X the eclipse.ini file is located at Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini.

Using the Editor

see Using the Editor.