Setup AEM Development environment in windows

What you need?

1) Java JDK 

2) cq5-author-p4502.jar  and a valid licence.properties file

3) Maven

4) Eclipse with below plugins

     - maven

     - vlt

     - aem dev tools
     - sling for eclipse

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1) Install JDK

2) Install AEM:

• Double click on the cq5-author-p4502.jar file, it opens a window as below

  

• After installation, it automatically opens http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/core/content/login.html page in your browser. It take some time to install and start your aem application for the first time.

• Please sign in with default credentials: - username : admin/password: admin

3)Install Maven

4)Install Eclipse:

• Download latest eclipse version from https://eclipse.org/downloads/ and install.

5) Configure Maven with eclipse:

     Launch Eclipse and

• Click on Help on the menu bar
• Click on Eclipse Marketplace...
• Type Maven find box in search tab and enter
• Scroll down the list to find Maven Integration for eclipse(Juno or newer)
• Click Install
• Click Confirm

 To confirm Maven has been integrated with Eclipse, Click on Window on the Menu bar and Click on Preferences 

6) Install Eclipse Plugins: 

    Lauch Eclipse and

1. Click on Help
2. Install New Software
3. Download and install following plugins

• Sling for Eclipse - http://apache.mirrors.lucidnetworks.net/sling/eclipse 
• AEM dev Tools - http://eclipse.adobe.com/aem/dev-tools/  

7) Install File Vault(VLT):

• Locate a FileVault zip file in the folder /crx-quickstart/opt/filevault/filevault.zip
• Extract the zip file
• Add ...\bin\    folder of the FileVault location to the environment variables.
• Add that variable to the environment PATH so that the command files vlt or vlt.bat are accessed as appropriate.