How to Use Kodo: Questions from a Newbie

Getting Started with KODO How to setup Development Environment
1) Once Kodo is installed what needs to be modified in the system configuration (Kodo Properties file, etc.)?
Once Kodo is installed on the server running Tomcat, You would have to make libraries that are under KODO_INSTALL\lib\ directory, available to the Common Class Loader of the Tomcat server. This should be done in catalina.properties file as follows.
common.loader=${kodo.home}lib/*.jarCustom application that utilizes KODO implementation of JDO needs to have a properties file packaged within. Once Enhancer and MappingTool are run, a .jdo file is also created and packaged within the application. Detailed instructions for deploying a JDO app to Tomcat can be found at: http://edocs.bea.com/kodo/docs41/full/html/ref_guide_deploy.html#ref_guide_deploy_jca_jdo_tomcat
3) Can you provide a road map of what needs to be done to set-up the Java coding development environment?
If you are using Tomcat servlet container, I assume that you are using Kodo's JDO Implementation. There are detailed instructions available on using Kodo JDO at http://edocs.bea.com/kodo/docs40/full/html/jdo_overview.htmlhttp://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11035_01/kodo41/full/pdf/kododev.pdf
4) What installation documentation exists, where do we find it to assist us?
Using Kodo Eclipse Plug-in: http://egeneration.beasys.com/kodo/docs316/eclipse_integration.html Using NetBeans: http://egeneration.beasys.com/kodo/docs316/integration_sunone.html Using JBuilder: http://egeneration.beasys.com/kodo/docs316/integration_jbuilder.html Using Apache Ant: http://egeneration.beasys.com/kodo/docs316/ref_guide_integration_ant.htmlMore at: http://egeneration.beasys.com/kodo/docs316/ref_guide_integration.html

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