Introduction

For students who wish to jump right in and create an Eclipse project, do the following:

1. Review the material in the next subtopic (Perspectives) to understand the layout of the main window
2. Go to Hands On and begin the tutorial.

The sections before Hands On cover the important parts of Eclipse and provide instructions for defining a project, building and running a project, and debugging code. Refer to these sections after doing the hands-on exercise to understand the details.

For details on Eclipse, go the the Eclipse web site.

Note: invoking menus varies between PCs, Macs, Linux... The instructions in this tutorial refer to two-button mice on PCs. Use the appropriate mouse command for your platform.

To return to the Java home page, click on the Java Home menu item - or - if your browser still has the Java web site open, just close this page.

Advanced topics:

Eclipse is capable of much more than editing Java programs. One of the plugins is the EMF-UML application. For students in upper level courses, the UML (Unified Modeling Language) component may be used in class. The UML subtopic (above) links you to a short guide on using the UML component in Eclipse. To install the plugin go back to the Java Home and look under New Students.

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