Eclipse is the IDE of choice for the Pentaho team, and we've been using Subclipse
as our Subversion plugin. The plugin provides a "SVN Repository Exploring Perspective", from which you can create a connection.
To create a connection using the Subclipse plugin:
1. In the SVN Repository Exploring perspective, right click, point to New, and select Repository Location. The Add New Repository Location dialog loads.

2. In the Url combo box, enter svn://source.pentaho.org/svnroot.

3. Click Finish. You now have a connection to the Subversion repository.
Expanding the location, you will see the projects. As is standard with Subversion repositories, each project has three child directories: branches, tags, and trunk. The project/trunk directory has the latest code, and it is probably what you want to checkout. For a complete explanation of the "pentaho" project structure, see 02. Exploring the Pentaho Repository Structure.
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- 01. Setting Up Your Environment
- 02. Exploring the Pentaho Repository
- 03. Creating Repository Connections
- 04. Checking Out Projects
- 05. Exploring the build.xml
- 06. Debugging with JUnit
- 07. Debugging with the Standalone Platform Project
- 08. Debugging with the JBoss IDE
- Debugging with Tomcat in Eclipse IDE