This appendix shows you a step-by-step procedure of how to set up your development environment if you want to use the Eclipse IDE.
Tip
Before downloading and installing Eclipse, ensure that you have installed its JDK (Java Development Kit), accessing https://www.oracle.com/java/index.html.
The following are the steps to install Eclipse:
- Access http://www.eclipse.org/downloads (shown in the following figure); choose Eclipse Installer to download the installer according to your operating system. Recently, the Eclipse team made the installation process easier through Eclipse Installer.
- The web page represented in the following screenshot appears after this. You should click on the Download button. The best mirror to download is selected automatically, but if you want to choose another one, you may do so at the bottom of the page.
- After the download, you should run the
eclipse-inst-<your_os>.exeexecutable file. The following screen appears after this. As we will not develop web applications, you should click on the first option, that is, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers.
- Now, you should select the installation folder and decide whether you want to create the start menu entry and desktop shortcut. Then, click on the INSTALL button.
- You must accept the license by clicking on the Accept Now button.
- Finally, the installation process begins.
- After the installation, you may click on the LAUNCH button to run Eclipse.
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