= How to Debug !MapGuide with Eclipse =

this guide is for both web tier and server since these two components have to stay in one IDE, i.e. Eclipse, which is an IDE for both windows and linux

== Environment Setup ==

 * Install Eclipse IDE for c/c++ developers

== Migrate VS projects into Eclipse projects ==

 1. follow [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecl-vscdt/ this link] to migrate visual studio projects into eclipse projects. the contents of this article might be a little out-of-date, however, the concept and the general picture of Eclipse architecture has not change too much over the years. Read Eclipse Help Documentation to get started, please. 
 2. As most of the open source project, Eclipse has a very good on site documentation, go to Help->Help Contents for most of your questions