Eclipse

Posted by Chris Dildy on Feb 4, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

To develop java code, and to test it you can use pretty much anything you desire. I find a great IDE program to be Eclipse.  It can be ran on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems.

The program allows you to keep organized files, compile and run the programs for easy trouble shooting.

Go ahead and grab a copy from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

I recommend Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (85 MB)

What I will be covering will be mostly covered in basic java classroom settings. I will make and show you what I’m doing inside of eclipse.  You don’t have to have the program, but again, I found it to be easy to understand.

It does take a few seconds to boot up the first time.

So