The following figure shows an overview of building the environment for executing sample programs:

Figure 3-1 Overview of building the environment for executing sample programs

1. Installing Service Architect and preparing for setting it up
   Use the installer to install Service Architect. Also install Eclipse, which is required for setup. For details, see 3.3 Using Eclipse Setup to set up the Eclipse environment.
   
2. Using Eclipse Setup to set up the Eclipse environment
   Use Eclipse Setup to set up the Eclipse-based development environment with HCSCTE plug-ins installed. For details, see 3.2 Installing Service Architect and preparing for setting it up.
   
3. Setting up the development environment
   Specify the settings that are necessary to develop J2EE applications by using Eclipse. For details, see 3.4 Setting up the development environment.
   
4. Setting up the execution environment
   Use HCSC Easy Setup of Service Architect to build the execution environment. For details, see 3.5 Setting up the execution environment.
   

The following sections describe the above stages.