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diff --git a/documentation/getting-started/getting-started-overview.asciidoc b/documentation/getting-started/getting-started-overview.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..994ca48248 --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/getting-started/getting-started-overview.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +title: Overview +order: 1 +layout: page +--- + +[[getting-started.overview]] += Overview + +You can develop Vaadin applications in essentially any development environment +that has the Java SDK and a Java Servlet container. Vaadin has special support +for the Eclipse and NetBeans IDEs, but community support exists also for +IntelliJ IDEA. You can use it with any Java IDE or no IDE at all. + +Managing Vaadin and other Java libraries can get tedious to do manually, so +using a build system that manages dependencies automatically is adviced. Vaadin +is distributed in the Maven central repository, and can be used with any build +or dependency management system that can access Maven repository, such as Ivy or +Gradle, in addition to Maven. + +Vaadin has a multitude of installation options for different IDEs, dependency +managers, and you can also install it from an installation package: + +* With the Eclipse IDE, use the Vaadin Plugin for Eclipse, as described in <<dummy/../../../framework/getting-started/getting-started-eclipse#getting-started.eclipse,"Vaadin Plugin for Eclipse">> +* With the Vaadin plugin for NetBeans IDE ( <<dummy/../../../framework/getting-started/getting-started-netbeans#getting-started.netbeans,"Creating a Project with NetBeans IDE">>) or IntelliJ IDEA +* With Maven, Ivy, Gradle, or other Maven-compatible dependency manager, under Eclipse, NetBeans, IDEA, or using command-line, as described in <<dummy/../../../framework/getting-started/getting-started-maven#getting-started.maven,"Using Vaadin with Maven">> +* From installation package without dependency management, as described in <<dummy/../../../framework/getting-started/getting-started-package#getting-started.package,"Vaadin Installation Package">> + + + |