Tutorial - Setting up a new project in Eclipse

In today's tutorial, we'll be working with Eclipse to create and configure a new Java project.

 

Part I

Starting Eclipse

First start up Eclipse and supply a path to a new folder which will serve as your workspace.

a) login to "sol.cs.uwindsor.ca". Your screen should look like:

Click on "Eclipse" icon to start Eclipse.

You probably will be asked where is your workspace folder.

The workspace is a folder which Eclipse uses to store your source code.



Avoid checking the "Use this as the default..." box, which will always start up Eclipse with the same workspace. You'll probably find it useful to be able to switch between different workspaces on startup.

When Eclipse starts, you'll see the Welcome page:



 

Getting help


Note that you can access Eclipse help at any time via Help->Help Contents. This is the same as the help on the eclipse.org website.
 

Part II

1. Click on the second icon "Tutorials".

Your screen now looks like:

3. Click on "Build a simple Java application" and follows the instructions on that page.

 

Part III: Reference

More tutorials

1. http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2004/cmsc131/EclipseTutorial/project.html

2. http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2005/cmsc132/EclipseTutorial/

3. http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/mcs/java/pages/tutorials/quick_Tutorial.htm

4. http://www.ccnyddm.com/221Spring2005/eclipse_tutorial_release_09.htm