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Beginners guide to Eclipse IDE


Getting Help with Hover over element

A hover gives additional information about element under the cursor. The hover associated with editor can be seen in editor preference page.

Hover help

 

In editor placing cursor on method displays documentation associated with that method

 

In editor placing cursor on method displays

 

In editor placing cursor on class being imported displays document associated with that class

 

imported displays

 

In next part we will quickly familiarize ourself with Search menu.

 

Description

This guide is focused on people who want to get started with Eclipse IDE. This guide has several chapters as shown below

  • What is Eclipse IDE and How to install Eclipse IDE
  • Exploring Windows
  • Working with Workspaces
  • Create your first Project
  • Run Configuration
  • How to export projects to Jar Files
  • How to Close Project
  • Debug Configuration
  • Setting Preferences
  • CodeAssist
  • Quick Fix
  • Hover Help
  • Navigation
  • Refactoring
  • Add Bookmarks
  • Installing Plugins
  • Code Templates
  • Shortcuts and Restart Option
  • Inbuilt Browser

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Audience

Students looking for a quick introduction to Eclipse IDE

Learning Objectives

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Added on: 19th Mar 2015

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