Exercise - Eclipse IDE and Java Development with Eclipse
Using Eclipse, perform the following actions, and answer the questions below:
To complete this exercise,
use the : reference, Workbench User Guide and Java Devlopment User Guide.
- Download some Java programs from Sourceforge, maybe jajuk, jHotDraw, and 2 others, to work with.
- Create a new workbench.
A workbench is analogous to what in Unix systems?
- Name three different
perspectives offered by Eclipse.
Find the shortcut way of changing perspectives. Try changing to different perspectives to see what they look like.
- Name some of the views within the Java perspective. What is a view analogous to in other systems?
- Be sure you can explain the difference between workspace, perspectve, view, editor within Eclipse.
- Following the instructions in the web address above, section on Creating a new project: Create a simple project, using one of the three different methods for creating a simple project. What are the 3 different ways to create a project?
- Try different views within your project. How did you get different views?
- Follow along the Java Development User Guide, performing the actions with Eclipse as noted there.
- So, what do you think about developing Java programs with Eclipse?
- Email pollock@cis.udel.edu with your answers to the questions when you have completed.