Getting started

Both the UGAT-demo and the -blank application are a good place to start. Both applications come as compressed Eclipse projects, but can also be started entirely outside of an IDE. All starters for standalone or client/server mode applications are included in the packages.

For both applications it's useful to have some basic experiences in Hibernate, XML-writing and handling Java projects with Eclipse.

Try the ugat-demo application

First of all you should try the demo application.
  1. Download and unzip the application archive
  2. Import the project into your Eclipse workspace (Import -> Existing Projects into Workspace)
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  3. Start the UGAT Demo Standalone launcher (all other modes are available as Eclipse launch-configuration, too).
Once you have successfully started the demo application, try the generator and let UGAT generate the CRUD GUI for a few example entities. Just start the UGAT Demo Generator, refresh your project and launch again. You can see all the files that have been generated on the console. You might want to have a look in the Tutorial which is based on the UGAT-demo.

Starting with the ugat-blank application

To build your own UGAT application, use the ugat-blank application as base. Use the steps above to import the blank application into your Eclipse workspace. Follow the Tutorial to use the HibernateTools reverse-engineering of your Hibernate configuration or use a new/existing one.