Kick Start Java With An Eclipse

This blog helps you learn how to kick start Java with Eclipse.

Introduction

 

Let’s discuss what an Eclipse is.  An Eclipse is an open IDE environment for Java developers and it comes under the open-source packages. With an Eclipse, one can develop efficient programs and It is more user-friendly than CMD.

 

Prerequisites

• JDK development Kit JDK v8 can be downloaded from the following link:
   
  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html
   
• Eclipse IDE SE edition or EE edition can be downloaded from the following link:
   
  http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/

Steps to be followed,

Step 1

  

Open an Eclipse IDE.

 

Step 2

  

Click->New->Project.

 

 

Step 3

  

Expand->Java->Java project->select Next.

 

 

Step 4 

 

From the new Java project Window, we need to provide a project name for the project, name your project and click Next.

 

 

Step 5

 

We need to select Java build settings and click src in the Window, as shown (the predefined source code with comment lines will appear ) and select Finish.

 

 

Step 6

 

In the left navigation panel of Package Explorer, right-click the project name->select New and select Class.

 

 

Step 7

 

Now, we need to provide a class name and the class name can be anything such as A or anything, so provide a class name and select Finish.

 

 

Step 8

 

Now, we need to build the codings for a Java program.

 

With an Eclipse, I have just built a program to display the message, as shown below.

 

 

Step 9

 

Save the Java program and click Run button and the output for the Java program can be viewed from the console output, as shown below.

 

 

We have successfully learned Java with an Eclipse and I hope this blog helps you to learn the basics about Eclipse and Java. Thanks for reading.