Java™ Application Development on Linux - Dator

254Chapter 10Integrated <strong>Development</strong> EnvironmentsFigure 10.12 Eclipse splash screenDuring this initial run some workspace directories and data files are setup. These store meta-information about projects and perspectives. After amoment, you will get the standard splash screen (Figure 10.12).Following this, you will see the initial Eclipse IDE, with a welcome screenin the default Resource perspective (Figure 10.13).Eclipse works with projects. A project is a collection of files that you manageas a group. Usually a project is a single program, although it need not be.Eclipse remembers the state of all projects. If you close Eclipse in the middleof a debug session on a project, the next time you open Eclipse, it will have thatsame project open in the Debug perspective. If you then switch to anotherproject and switch back, you will come back to the Debug perspective. Eclipseremembers. But we get ahead of ourselves here. You need to create a project.10.4.2 Using Eclipse for a New ProjectNow that you have Eclipse up and running (Figure 10.13), you willwant to create a Java project. Eclipse has “wizards” (to use the MicrosoftWindows terminology) for creating projects. From the main menu, selectFile>New>Project. You will get the screen shown in Figure 10.14.Now, you are not an idiot. This is not “Java <strong>Application</strong>s Programmingon Linux for People with Well Below Average Intelligence.” We’re not goingto walk you slowly and painfully through a screenshot of every window Eclipse