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Red  Hat Development Suite 2.2

Highlighted features in Red  Hat Development Suite 2.2

Petra Sargent

Red Hat Developer Group Documentation Team

Abstract

This document lists and briefly describes new and improved features of Red  Hat Development Suite 2.2.

Chapter 1. About Red Hat Development Suite 2.2
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Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 is an installer that includes several components such as Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11.2.0 and Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.3.0, as well as some dependencies for each of these products.

Red Hat Development Suite is supported on the following platforms:

  • Windows 7, 8, and 10
  • macOS 10.9 or newer
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Note

A user who wants to download and use Red Hat Development Suite must become a member of the Red Hat Developer Program. Sign up for the program here: Red Hat Developer Program.

You can download Red Hat Development Suite as an online installer for Windows and macOS. The online installer downloads the required components during the installation process and is approximately 60 MB.

You can download Red Hat Development Suite as a bundled installer for Windows and macOS that has an initial download of approximately 1 GB and includes the following tools:

  • Red Hat Container Development Kit
  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio
  • OpenJDK
  • Cygwin

Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses RPM packages to install Red Hat Container Development Kit, Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio, Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, and Kompose.

2.1. Technology Preview
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Eclipse Che 5.0 is now included as a Technology Preview feature in Red Hat Development Suite.

For more information on Red Hat Technology Preview features support scope, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

2.2. New Components
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Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 includes the following new components on Windows and macOS:

  • Red Hat Application Migration Kit Plugin for Eclipse 4.0.0
  • Eclipse Che 5.0 (Technology Preview)
  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio Central Repository 11.2.0
  • AngularJS for Web Tools 3.8.100
  • Eclipse Checkstyle 8.0.0
  • JBoss Business Process and Rules Tools 7.5.0
  • Subclipse 4.2.3

2.3. Updated Component Versions
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Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 has the following version updates:

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11.2.0
  • Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.3.0
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Tooling 10.2.0
  • Kompose 1.7.0 (Technology Preview)
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0


Table 2.1 Components Details shows a list of components that are updated this release and their supported platforms. See Red Hat Development Suite Installation Guide for a full list of components.

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Table 2.1. Component Details
Updated ComponentsWindowsmacOSRed Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11.2.0

✔

✔

✔

Red Hat Container Development Kit 3.3.0

✔

✔

✔

Red Hat JBoss Fuse Tooling 10.2.0

✔

✔

✖

Kompose 1.7.0 (Technology Preview)

✔

✔

✔

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.0

✔

✔

✔

2.4. Enhanced User Interface
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Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 includes several new user interface changes. See Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions.

The Welcome window now shows if a newer version of the installer is available or if the installer is up to date. If a newer version of the installer is available you can download the latest version of the installer from the Welcome window.

Figure 2.1. Welcome

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Welcome

2.4.2. Channels Added to the Selection Window
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You can now select components for installation by channel. The following channels are available on the Selection window:

  • Container Development
  • Java Development
  • Fuse Development
  • Red Hat Products
  • Developer Studio
  • All

Click a channel to view the channel description, the number of components, the number of selected components and a list of components in the channel.

You can click Select All to select all components in the channel for installation, or click Clear All button to clear all components. You can also select an individual component in the channel by clicking the check box or by clicking in any location in the component bar.

Figure 2.2. Selection

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Selection

2.5. New Path for the Target Directory
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The target installation path has changed in Red Hat Development Suite 2.2. The new path for the target directory for Windows installation is '%PROGRAMFILES%/DevelopmentSuite'.

2.6. New Message for Locked Folder
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You may get a folder that is locked in this scenario:

  • Install Red Hat Development Suite
  • Install Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio and start using Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio
  • Uninstall Red Hat Development Suite from the Windows control panel before closing Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio

The PowerShell-based uninstaller now reports a message that shows the locked folder. 

DevSuite folder 'C:\Program Files\DevelopmentSuite\devstudio' is locked by running program or file opened in editor. Please close all running tools/editors and try again.
DevSuite folder 'C:\Program Files\DevelopmentSuite\jdk8' is locked by running program or file opened in editor. Please close all running tools/editors and try again.
Press any key to exit
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Chapter 3. Known Issues
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Red Hat Development Suite issues are now tracked in GitHub.

3.1. Fixed Issues
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  • JBDS-4485 - Deselected components get selected during second detection run

3.2. Known Issues
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Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 has the following known issues:

  • #1151 - DevSuite Installer hung during install waiting for cygwin
  • #1052 - DevSuite Installer should work behind proxy
  • #1110 - Request for Administrator credentials should be shown once
  • #1129 - DevStudio installation fails when (Windows) user has non-ascii chars in the name
  • #1128 - Installer should update detected Virtualbox
  • #1158 - MacOS install should use .dmg
  • #1029 - Provide a .exe for uninstaller on Windows
  • #1109 - Detect pending reboot and ask to reboot before continue with installation
  • #1094 - Loss of window focus causes duplicate check for installed components
  • #1171 - Installer does not support SOCKS proxy

Chapter 4. Next Steps
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Try the Red Hat Development Suite installer using the following instructions: Red Hat Development Suite 2.2 Installation Guide.

If you have already installed Red Hat Development Suite, start using it with these instructions: Getting Started with Container and Cloud-based Development.

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