Eclipse IDE Tutorial

IBM's Eclipse is a program that is used to write applications (other programs) in a variety of programming languages. It allows you to complete many distinct program development steps in one place (program window). A program which allows you to do this is known as an integrated development environment, or IDE. The program is free and easy to import onto your home computer.

In this course, Eclipse is used for writing programs in Java. There are several steps that must be completed to set up Eclipse and further steps to start up a new Java project (set of Java components which work together to make up an application). This tutorial explains each step with words and graphics from the Eclipse IDE.

This tutorial will help you to become familiar with the Eclipse IDE. You can navigate through the tutorial step-by-step by clicking on the and links at the top and bottom of each page. You may also use the index to jump directly to the specific step that you wish to review.

Index

I have produced an introductory tutorial and some useful miscellaneous operations on Eclipse.

Tutorial

Here is a brief description of each step in this tutorial. The underlined word in bold is used as the link label throughout the tutorial.

Start	The start of the tutorial (top of this page).
Launch	Step 1: How to launch the Eclipse IDE.
Create	Step 2: How to create a new programming project.
Class	Step 3: How to create a Java class in an existing project.
Import	Step 4: How to import a file into an existing project.
Run	Step 5: How to build and run your program.
Handin	Step 6: Handing in your Project

Miscellaneous Operations

Applets	Running applets and passing parameters
Importing	Importing a file or Project (including a .jar file).
Using Java 1.5	Java 1.5 (also called Java 2, Standard Edition 5.0) implements the `enum` class. Instructions for setting-up Eclipse to use Java 1.5.