# Installing Drools Tooling

To be able to work with drools, we need :\
1\) Java Virtual machine version 11

2\) Download Apache Maven 

3\) install Visual Studio Code \
4\) install drools add-on and kogito tooling

## Install Java Virtual Machine

Drools is working with either Oracle Java machine or OpenJDK. With the drools version we have, we can have java version 11.

[ ](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download)

## Download Apache Maven

To be able to use drools, we need to [download apache](https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi) maven to build our code. Just unzip it on your local filesystem.

## Install Visual Studio Code

After installing java, we can install [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download)

We have to install a few add-ons : 

* Drools
* Kogito
* Extension Pack for Java

## Get the source code for the labs

the source code for the labs is [here](https://github.com/nheron/drools-lab.git).

do a git check out out and build it. If the tests are OK than you are ready.


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