Mainly to store testing code.

To setup Pentaho Kettle at Eclipse.

Dependency setup/Code Change

1. Add <dependency org="mysql" name="mysql-connector-java" rev="5.1.30"/> at UI ivy.xml.
2. Add assembly/package-res/ui in ui/src folder. (prefer softlink)
3. Replace jar %UserProfile%/.ivy2/cache/org.eclipse.swt/swt-linux-x86_64/jars with OS swt.jar (rename)
4. Change org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.MainSpoonPerspective.getPerspectiveIcon() to return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("ui/images/transformation.png");
5. Change <dependency org="org.eclipse.swt" name="swt-linux-x86_64" rev="3.7" transitive="false" /> in UI project to <dependency org="org.eclipse.swt" name="swt-win32" rev="3.3.0.3346" transitive="false" />.

A. Eclipse + IvyDE (at individual Pentaho project)

1. Install IvyDE from http:https://www.apache.org/dist/ant/ivyde/updatesite (ref: http:https://ant.apache.org/ivy/ivyde/download.cgi)
2. At Window -> Preference -> Ivy -> Settings, check reload the setting on demand, add Ivy setting path ivysettings.xml, Property files build.properties.
3. At Window -> Preference -> Ivy -> Classpath container, check Resolve dependencies in workspace.
4. Add new Java project at project you want to work on, point the path to pentaho project.
5. Add Ivy managed dependencies library in new project wizard.

B. Pure Eclipse setting (at root level for all Pentaho projects)

3. run ant resolve create-dot-classpath
4. Import Existing Eclipse project at root level.
5. Everything when a new dependency is added, run ant resolve create-dot-classpath and refresth Eclipse project.