CREATING A NEW STRATEGY

Creating a New Strategy

When creating a strategy, it’s helpful to use a context-aware IDE like Eclipse, IntelliJ, or NetBeans when building a complex Java application. This step-by-step guide will show you one way to set this up.

Step-by-step guide

1. Download and install Marketcetera for your platform. You’ll want the Strategy Engine and Photon. You won’t need to Order Loader for this, but it won’t hurt, either.
2. Install your favorite IDE. We’ll be using Eclipse for this example, but you can use whatever you want, you’ll just have to make some adjustments.
3. Start Eclipse and create a new workspace using the Marketcetera installed directory (Marketcetera-2.4.2, e.g.) as the base folder
4. Create a new project called “strategyengine” (all lowercase, no spaces, just like this):
   
5. Change the “src” subdirectory to a Build Path Source Folder:
   
6. Create a new strategy by right-clicking the “src” subfolder, selecting New, and Java Class. Note the superclass.
   
7. Create your strategy.
   
   
8. Deploy the strategy from Photon or a command file