Set up instructions for HTML developers

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To develop HTML-based Apollo applications, you need the Apollo runtime (see Installing the Apollo runtime and sample applications) and the Apollo SDK, which contains the following command-line tools you need to launch and package applications:

• Apollo Debug Launcher (ADL)
• Apollo Developer Tool (ADT)

The Apollo command-line tools require Java to be installed your machine. You can use the Java virtual machine from either the JRE or the JDK (version 1.4.2 or newer). This is installed on Mac OS X, and it is installed with Flex Builder 2.0. The Java JRE is available at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html]. The Java JDK is available at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.

Note: Java is not required for end users to run Apollo applications in the Apollo runtime.

Installing and configuring the Apollo SDK

The Apollo SDK provides you with Apollo API and command line tools that you use to launch and package your Apollo applications.

Windows:

1. Download the Apollo SDK installation file (apollo_sdk_alpha1.zip) from Adobe Labs (http://www.adobe.com/go/getapollo).
2. The Apollo SDK is distributed as a standard file archive. To install Apollo, extract the contents of the SDK to a folder on your computer (for example: C:\Program Files\Adobe\ApolloSDK or C:\ApolloSDK).
3. The ADL and ADT tools are contained in the bin folder in the Apollo SDK, add the path to this folder to your path environment variable.

Macintosh:

1. Download the Apollo SDK installation file (apollo_sdk_alpha1.dmg) from Adobe Labs (http://www.adobe.com/go/getapollo).
2. The Apollo SDK is distributed as a standard file archive. To install Apollo, extract the contents of the SDK to a folder on your computer (for example: Applications\ApolloSDK).
3. The ADL and ADT tools are contained in the bin folder in the Apollo SDK, add the path to this folder to your PATH environment variable.

More information about using the Apollo SDK

For more information about using the ADL and ADT tools, see the following topics:

• Debugging an Apollo application using the Apollo Debug Launcher (ADL)
• Packaging an Apollo application using the Apollo Developer Tool (ADT)

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