Eclipse Java IDE
An Open Source Java IDE
What is Eclipse?
Section titled “What is Eclipse?”Eclipse is an extensible and Open Source IDE, but our main use of it is as a Java IDE.
The official webpage can be found at eclipse.org.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”Install Java
Download the correct version
Section titled “Download the correct version”Our recommended version is currently R2.1.3. When downloading, find the file called eclipse-SDK-2.1.3-<platform>.zip.
For example, <platform> will be win32 if you are installing on Windows.
Installation
Section titled “Installation”Windows XP
Section titled “Windows XP”Unpack this file directly to the target installation directory. There is no installation program, but some setup will run the first time you start it up.