Chapter 3. Hello VI

This chapter introduces setting up an environment to start your VI SDK application development in Java, including VMware Infrastructure, JDK, VI SDK, and Eclipse IDE. After that, it shows the first sample code in the book followed by a brief introduction of a typical application flow. Finally, it discusses several debugging techniques, use of various logs, and common bugs you might encounter.

Setting Up the Environment

This section shows how to set up a development environment from scratch. The environment requires VMware Infrastructure, VI SDK, Java JDK, Eclipse IDE, and AXIS.

Setting Up the VMware Infrastructure

To properly set up the VMware Infrastructure, you need at least one physical server-based x86 architecture ...

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