Archetype to scaffold projects for the Spark in Action book

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• In Eclipse (for IntelliJ IDEA first use interactive or batch mode in terminal to generate a new project then import it as existing maven project):

1. File > New > Project... > Maven > Maven Project
2. Click Next on the first screen of the New project wizard
3. Select Configure... > Add Remote Catalog...
4. Enter the following URL in the Catalog file field: https://github.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/raw/master/archetype-catalog.xml
   Enter Spark in Action in the Description field
5. After you close the dialog, choose the Spark in Action catalog in the Catalog dropdown list
6. In the next dialog simply enter you project details and confirm with Finish. In case of problems with this step (such as IDE not being able to locate the POM file) try to use a different URL in the step 4: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/master/archetype-catalog.xml
7. Once the new projects generates change the Scala version to 2.10.5: Right click on the generated project and select: Scala > Set the Scala Installation > Fixed Scala Installation 2.10.5.(bundled)

More detailed, tutorial-style instructions, with all the prerequisites are in chapter 3 of the book.

• From the terminal (interactive mode):

Select the only possible option (1) and answer subsequent questions.

mvn archetype:generate \
  -DarchetypeCatalog=https://github.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/raw/master/archetype-catalog.xml \
  -DarchetypeRepository=https://github.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/raw/master

• From the terminal or a shell script (batch mode):

Don't forget to change the parameter values in the last line.

mvn archetype:generate -B \
    -DarchetypeCatalog=https://github.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/raw/master/archetype-catalog.xml \
    -DarchetypeRepository=https://github.com/spark-in-action/scala-archetype-sparkinaction/raw/master \
    -DarchetypeGroupId=org.sparkinaction \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=scala-archetype-sparkinaction \
    -DarchetypeVersion=0.12 \
    -DgroupId=com.company -DartifactId=project -Dversion=0.1-SNAPSHOT -Dpackage=com.company

• Generated project example usage (run mvn scala:help for the full list of commands):

You can run the generated project by simply doing Shift+Alt+x s (while positioned in App.scala), which is the shortcut for Run As > Scala Application.

You can also run it from the command line or from Eclipse Maven Run configuration with these goals:

mvn scala:compile
mvn scala:run -DmainClass=com.company.App

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