How to use Cougaar IDE

NOTE: Cougaar IDE is still in the alpha development stage. Not all functionality is implemented, and it may contain bugs.


This page provides an introduction to the basic features and functions of CougaarIDE, with step by step instructions on how you can use them once you have installed CougaarIDE.

Managing Cougaar Installations:

You should first start by telling CougaarIDE about the Cougaar installations you will want to use for your projects. You can do this at any point, on the fly for each project, but it is a convenient place to start.

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Creating a Cougaar Project:

In order to use CougaarIDE you obviously want to work on a Cougaar project.  These instructions tell you how to use the New Project Wizard to create and configure one.

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Managing a Cougaar Project:

After creating a Cougaar project, you may want to change its properties, such as the Cougaar installation it uses.  These instructions tell you how to do this.

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Running a Cougaar Project:

CougaarIDE provides a conveiniant mechanism for running a Cougaar Node, associated with a Cougaar project.  These instructions show you how to configure a run so you can run or debug your Cougaar project with a single click.

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Checking out an existing project from a CVS repository as a Cougaar Project:

You can follow these instructions to check out an existing project from cvs as a Cougaar project.

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