Installing a Minecraft Development Environment

This is going to be just a dump of ideas and experiences for now. I need to track what i did to get everything installed and working. If i wait to document after, it will be too late. I intend to come back and reformat/organize this information once i've gotten some stuff working..

  ** THIS STILL ISN'T WORKING FOR ME. I AM GETTING ERRORS IN THE ECLIPSE BUILD. SO OBVIOUSLY
  ** THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. BACK TO LOOKING AT MORE BASE INFORMATION AND TUTORIALS
  ** I WILL UPDATE THIS AS I GET IT WORKING

Online Instructions

  - generally following instructions from http://www.minecraftforge.net/wiki/Installation/Source

Install the Java SDK

  - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
  - version 7

Install Gradle (full copy)

  - http://www.gradle.org/    (version 1.10)
  - mkdir ~/Projects/gradle
  - upzip download into that directory; created folder ~/Projects/gradle/gradle-1.10
  - edit ~/.bash_profile    add to PATH    ~/Projects/gradle/gradle-1.10/bin

Install the Eclipse IDE

  - download Eclipse IDE from https://www.eclipse.org/   (Eclipse Standard v.4.3.1)
  - expand download
  - drop eclipse subfolder over to Applications
  - drag /Applications/eclipse/eclipse.app to dock

  Unidentified Developer error message
  If you get a message that the app cannot be started when you try to run it, 
  because it is from an "unidentfied developer", refer to this document 
  http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/27/app-cant-be-opened-because-it-is-from-an-unidentified-developer/

Download Minecraft Source 1.6.4

  - http://files.minecraftforge.net/
  - version 1.6.4 Recommended (src)   -- do NOT use 1.7.2 yet....
  - moved to ~/Projects/minecraft
  - unzipped, created folder ~/Projects/minecraft/forge
  - cd ~/Projects/minecraft/forge
  - chmod u+x intsall.sh
  - ./install.sh

  If there are any errors, try rerunning and refreshing the dependencies
  - gradle setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies

Configure Project for Eclipse

  - gradle eclipse

Test Development Setup

  - start up Eclipse
  - when it first asks for a workspace, point it at the 'eclipse' folder in the minecraft source directory

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