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title="Welcome to the Workbench"> | |
<intro>This page will help familiarize you with the Workbench. | |
To get started, read the sections below and click on the related links. </intro> | |
<item><b>Create Java components </b> | |
To begin Java development, create a <action pluginId="org.eclipse.jdt.ui" class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.wizards.OpenProjectWizardAction">Java project</action>. Select the newly created project | |
and choose File > New > Other.... In the left column of the wizard, select Java and double | |
click on Java Package in the right column. Fill in the name of your package and click Finish. | |
To create a Java class, select the package in the navigator view and click on the | |
"Open the New Wizard" toolbar button (on the far left of the toolbar). This toolbar button | |
provides us with a quick alternative to File > New. Choose Java Class in the right column of | |
the category Java, and click Next. In the class wizard fill in the name of your class and | |
click Finish to create the class and start editing it.</item> | |
<item><b>Perspectives, views and editors </b> | |
A window contains one or more perspectives. A perspective consists of views (e.g. Navigator) | |
and editors for working with your resources. | |
The shortcut bar at the far left of the window allows you to open new perspectives and move | |
between perspectives that are already open. You can also use Alt+Up and Alt+Down to | |
move between the open perspectives. The perspective you are currently working with is shown | |
in the title of the window and in the shortcut bar as a pushed-in icon. | |
When opening perspectives you can hold down Ctrl (on Linux use Alt+Shift) or Shift to | |
optionally open each perspective in its own window, or to replace the current perspective | |
with a new perspective. The behavior of Ctrl and Shift is configurable from <action pluginId="org.eclipse.ui" class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.OpenPreferencesAction">Window > Preferences</action>. | |
To open the Java perspective choose Perspective > Open > Java. </item> | |
<item><b>Configuring your perspectives</b> | |
You can move views and editors around the workbench by dragging their titlebars. You can | |
also add more views to your current perspective by using Perspective > Show View. | |
To reset the perspective to its original state, choose <action pluginId="org.eclipse.ui" class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.ResetPerspectiveAction">Perspective > Reset</action>. | |
Once you have arranged your perspective, you can save it using Perspective > Save As.... | |
You can customize the views, perspectives and New menu operations that show up for | |
your perspective. To do this choose <action pluginId="org.eclipse.ui" class="org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditActionSetsAction">Perspective > Customize...</action>. A view can | |
additionally be converted into a Fast View by dragging it to the shortcut bar (at the | |
far left of the window). </item> | |
<item><b>Join a CVS team</b> | |
To join a CVS development team, open the <action pluginId="org.eclipse.vcm.ui" class="org.eclipse.vcm.internal.ui.actions.OpenRepositoriesViewAction">Repositories view</action>. Next, specify the location | |
of your CVS repository. To do this choose <action pluginId="org.eclipse.vcm.ui.cvs" class="org.eclipse.vcm.internal.ui.ccvs.NewRepositoryConnectionAction">New > CVS Repository Location...</action> from the | |
Repositories view popup menu. When the location wizard opens, fill in the details of your | |
CVS repository and click Finish. | |
In the Repositories view expand the location entry and expand Streams. Choose the HEAD | |
stream and expand it to view any ongoing work. Select the projects you want to work with | |
and choose "Add to Workspace" from the project's popup menu.</item> | |
<item><b>Learn more </b> | |
To learn more you can browse the <topic id="/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/toc.xml">Workbench User Guide</topic> or the <topic id="/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/toc.xml">Java Development User Guide</topic>.</item> | |
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