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Asked: 2026-05-15T07:58:40+00:00

Can somebody please explain all the steps involved in setting up ATG development environment

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Can somebody please explain all the steps involved in setting up ATG development environment for use with JBoss AS.
My requirement is simple, I need to develop and deploy a simple J2EE applicaiton containing a few forms and backend logic to save the data entered in the forms.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The answer is also in ATG documentation that comes with the product

    Installation and Configuration guide:
    http://www.atg.com/repositories/ContentCatalogRepository_en/manuals/ATG9.1/atginstall/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

    and Programming Guide, chapter 3.

    At minimum you need:

    • ATG installed (e.g. in c:\ATG\ATG9.1)
    • JBoss installed (e.g. in c:\opt\jboss) – make sure you use supported version of JBOss for the ATG version you use – e.g. 4.2.0 for ATG 9.1, 4.0.5 for ATG2007.1
    • installed JDK – again, version matters, Java 5 is what you want
    • Eclipse + Eclipse plugin from http://www.atg.com/eclipse
    • Ant installed
    • database installed (for development, MySQL is good choice)

    Set the environment variables to ATG_HOME, ATG_ROOT

    Verify that the setup works with MotorpriseJSP – start Solid, deploy EAR file and try it out

    Now you are ready to start development. At high level, you want:

    • define database schemas and create ATG tables
    • load initial data to database
    • define new module under ATG_ROOT, with proper structure and MANIFEST (this is what Eclipse will help you with)
    • code custom functionality (this may include extending user profile, product catalog or define custom repositories)
    • define datasource file for your database and place it into JBOss/server/atg/deploy
    • using startDynamoOnJBoss try out if your module loads
    • using Ant task, build the EAR file for standalone deployment

    I honestly do not see any way how to avoid following the docs. The real answer would be tens/hundreds of pages long.

    You should dedicate enough time reading few thousands pages of ATG documentation and trying it out. There are two way how to speed things up: working along with somebody who did it before and knows ATG or attending the ATG training (Boston or SF). Ideally training first and having mentor / working on real project right after that.

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