General Hands-On Synopsis

SIDE is composed of modelers, generators and deployers Eclipse plug-ins. The SIDE application plug-in which will be used to modelize the models, generators and deployers you use to create your application.

Application's Project Creation

Open the SIDE Modeling perspective: Window -> Open perspective -> Other -> SIDE Modeling

Figure 1.1.  SIDE Modeling Perspective

The first thing to do is to create a project in your workspace: File -> New -> Project

Figure 1.2.  SIDE Project selection

Select SIDE project under SIDE category.

Figure 1.3.  Application's Project Creation

Give a name to your project, for instance:ExpenseManagement

Figure 1.4.  Application's Project in your workspace

Your project has been created in your workspace, with all the required directories to get started in the right direction. Packages have been created in the data diagram and you can immediately start designing your application.