Getting started with Eclipse (1)

Download and install Eclipse

Go to the Eclipse project home page http://www.eclipse.org and click Downloads to go To the download page. The latest version of Eclipse is version 2.0.2, but the multi-language translation package of version 2.0.2 is not available yet, so we can use a later version 2.0.1. Click 2.0.1 to go to its download page, this page has a lot of download connections, including Eclipse sdkon many platforms, Here we only download eclipse-sdk-2.0.1-win32.zipand nls-sdk-2.0.1-translations.zip two files can be, there is a eclipse-examples-2.0.1-win32.zip file, it is required to learn the Java Development user guide. Decompress the three files to the same directory, such as D:/eclipse.

Before Running Eclipse, you should first install JDK (either Sun's JDK or IBM's JDK can be used. JDK 1.3 or later should be installed. We recommend that you use JDK 1.4 or later, because only JDK 1.4 and later versions can enjoy the convenience provided by the new HotSwap function for debugging), set the environment variables JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH, and PATH.

Create a shortcut for eclipse.exe under D:/eclipseon the desktop. Double-click the shortcut to start Eclipse. Eclipse can also be started as a command line, specifying the JVM used and the workspace for saving data on the command line, for example:

D:/eclipse/eclipse.exe-vmD:/WebSphere/AppServer/java
/Bin/javaw.exe-data
D:/WORK/workspace

D:/WORK/workspace is the location where the project file is saved.

You can select help> help content to go To the Eclipse help system. With the Eclipse multi-language translation package, all menus and on-line help have been translated into Chinese, which is very convenient to use.

Before proceeding to the following learning, we recommend that you first take a brief look at the workbench User Guide in the help section and familiarize yourself with concepts such as perspective and view.