Lesson 3: Downloading and Installing Eclipse
Why learn Java with Eclipse?
Today there are many ways to learn Java. There are number of IDE's available for free but i believe that there are some advantages of learning Java with eclipse. Some of these are:
Today there are many ways to learn Java. There are number of IDE's available for free but i believe that there are some advantages of learning Java with eclipse. Some of these are:
- If you want to do software development in future than obviously you will have to learn some integerated development environment. So learning Eclipse from the start will help you in future.
- Eclipse provides full support for agile software development model.
- The debugger and scrapbook provided in Eclipse will help you to look into the execution of the java code.
- Different aids provided in Eclipse will help you in writing and understanding the code very fast. I recommend you to use Eclipse instead of a simple text editor because using text editor you have to look up the documentation again and again. This will consume your time and you will spend less time in learning Java. So Eclipse also help you in saving this time and spending more time in learning the language.
Downloading and installing Eclipse
Before installing Eclipse, you need to have either the Java JDK ( Java Development Kit) or Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment) installed on your computer . Java JDK and JRE are available at
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Java JRE / JDK installation help : Step by Step instruction for intalling Java JRE/SDK
I recommend to download Java JDK because it allows you to see documentation of Java standard classes.
Go to http://eclipse.org and click on Download Eclipse.
Click on Eclipse for Java Developer and choose 32bit or 64bit version according to your system.
The Eclipse installation is very straightforward. There is no installation program. Instead, just create a folder in top level directory of C: drive and extract the downloaded zip file into this directory.
Below is a step by step installation guide with screenshots
- Step by Step Eclipse installation Guide (thanks to wikihow.com)
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