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256Chapter 10Integrated <strong>Development</strong> EnvironmentsFigure 10.14 Step one: New projectfolders should be built, as well as to specify which folders are accessible to otherprojects that name this project on their Projects tabs (in other words, this isthe “other side” of the Projects tab).That’s the final wizard box. Hit the Finish button. A dialog box pops upto tell you that the project you just created is associated with the Java perspective.Since you are currently in the Resource perspective, it asks you if itmay switch you to the Java perspective. Hit the Yes button, and you will berewarded with the Java perspective display (Figure 10.15).At this point, your exploration of the Eclipse tools would be more fruitfulthan anything we could tell you. There is a marvelous book on Eclipse, TheJava Developer’s Guide to Eclipse by Sherry Shavor et al. from Addison-Wesley.We encourage you to seek out that book.10.4.3 Using Eclipse for an Existing ProjectIn the previous section, we mentioned that the second wizard screen in settingup a Java project allowed you to override the default path for a project. If youhave an existing Java program, point the project path to the directory that isthe base for that program’s packages. When you create the project (in other