Directory structure looks like the following:


c:/<username>/dev
apps/ - Holds all development applications
projects/ - Project workspace to hold all projects (maven, eclipse, etc.)
repo/ - Holds all repository style data including maven and svn
data/ - Holds all applicable data for stuff that is consumed by apps and projects
bin/ - Holds all shell scripts

1. Cygwin X
2. Java:  After the install is complete.  I create JAVA_HOME in the windows environment and add %JAVA_HOME%/bin to the path environment variable w
3. Maven:  After the install is complete.  I create MAVEN_HOME in the windows environment and add it to the path environment variable
4. SpringSource
5. Ashtah