Eclipse

Goals

• learn how to set up eclipse
• learn which plugins are available for developing j2ee applications
• develop a basic example, compile it and deploy it

What is Eclipse

• Eclipse is an Integrated Development Environment written in Java by IBM
• Eclipse is Open-Source-Software
• Eclipse offers many plugin to use for different tasks

Set Up Eclipse

requirements

• your installed JDK is working, to check it enter in a shell:

java -version

result should be something like

java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode)

action

• go to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and download the Eclipse which matches your platform
• this book assumes you use version 3.2.1
• untar eclipse-SDK-3.2.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
• change to directory eclipse
• start eclipse
• if you have never worked with eclipse before, you should do the tutorials

• plugins are installed via Update Manager
  • Help->Software Updates->Find and Install
  • Select Search for New features

Set Up Plugins

• Your needed plugins depend on your project's goal

The Ecplise Web Tools Platform Project

• You want to develop a J2EE Web-application
• Consists of source editors for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JSP, SQL, XML, DTD, XSD, and WSDL; graphical editors for XSD and WSDL
• project homepage: http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/index.html

Requirements

• Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)
  • url for update manager: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site.xml
  • documentation: GEF http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/GEF_Developer_FAQ#Download_and_Install

• Visual Editor (VE)
  • urls for update manager:
    • http://update.eclipse.org/tools/ve/updates/1.0
    • http://update.eclipse.org/tools/emf/updates
    • http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.0
  • documentation: http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/faq.html#install_howto

Action

• url for update manager: http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/
• documentation: http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/

Lomboz

Building an example application

how to build a prg in lomboz.

other plugins

Building an example application

links

• Home of Eclipse Project