Here is my check list of things I install before I can start coding on anew machine

• Maven
• Eclipse
• maven plug-in useless
• SVN plug-in
• Download tomcat and add server

I tried a fresh new install with the plugin below but it just dosen’t work

http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/installing-m2eclipse.html

bug is similar to these one:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=330896

The only way to install plug-in is to install spring plug-in first

I had to setup subversion today and is always annoying trying a  few servers and plug-ins until you find something that works well or at least does the job and it is free.

Server: VisualSVN http://www.visualsvn.com/server/

Client: TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.net/

Eclipce plug-in: subclipse http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.0.x

if you have a win7-64 then you will need to install this too

http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download