Tools & Prerequisites

by Alexander Limi — last modified Mar 01, 2010 06:49 PM
Software you will need to follow along with this documentation.

Before we get started, make sure you have the following software available:

  • The latest version of Plone (Plone 3.3 or newer for the best experience)
  • Latest version of Firefox (available for all platforms)
  • The Firebug add-on for Firefox
  • Your text editor of choice
  • Access to the Terminal or command line on the system you are working on
  • A network connection (to make sure Buildout can download its packages) — you can work around this by downloading the packages separately if you don't have a network connection, but it's outside of the scope of this tutorial. Consult the Buildout documentation if you need to do offline packages.

And again: if you're reading this in printed form, make sure you check the online version at http://plone.org/theming for the latest version recommendations, as versions and Buildout dependency URLs may change slightly over time.

Got everything set up? Great, let's get down to business.