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Have no idea what to do after d/l the zip file [message #874370]

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:41

Larry Towers

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Registered: May 2012

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Win7 64bit. I'm a mewbie to Eclipse, and am looking to find out what to do. I was told to d/l the latest Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers: eclipse-jee-indigo-SR2-win32-x86_64, which I have done. I am looking at the Help/Eclipse documentation pages, but don't see anything appropriate to follow. Where do I go to learn what to do next? (I should add that I'm looking for clear step-by-step instructions that could be followed by anybody, which is something that appears to be harder to find nowadays.)

UPDATE: I had already expanded an earlier eclipse zip file which went into a folder named "eclipse". This most recent version also expands to a folder named "eclipse". I expected that the different versions would expand into folders that were distinguishable by release-name, e.g. eclipse-hellios, eclispe-indigo. Apparently that's not the case.

Windows7 64bit

[Updated on: Sun, 20 May 2012 19:01]

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Re: Have no idea what to do after d/l the zip file [message #874469 is a reply to message #874370]

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:52

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

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http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_run_Eclipse%3F

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Re: Have no idea what to do after d/l the zip file [message #874820 is a reply to message #874469]

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:46

nikhil jain

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Registered: May 2012

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A good book . A good book is what you need , if you are just starting out and want clear step by step instructions.

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Re: Have no idea what to do after d/l the zip file [message #874836 is a reply to message #874370]

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:13

Russell Bateman

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

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On 5/20/2012 11:41 AM, Larry Towers wrote:
> Win7 64bit. I'm a mewbie to Eclipse, and am looking to find out what to
> do. I was told to d/l the latest Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers:
> eclipse-jee-indigo-SR2-win32-x86_64, which I have done. I am looking at
> the Help/Eclipse documentation pages, but don't see anything appropriate
> to follow. Where do I go to learn what to do next?

Check out the entry-level tutorials at http://www.vogella.de. Lars'
stuff rocks. You won't regret it.

For some deep detail on what to download and how to set stuff up, you
can look at http://www.javahotchocolate.com/tutorials/eclipse-summary.html.

And stop back here too. This forum is a very good resource.

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