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Beginners guide to Eclipse IDE


Getting started with Bookmarks

Bookmarks are useful to serve as reminders and quickly navigate inside a file. Eclipse editors allow user to add a book mark on any line within the editor.

To set a bookmark

Right click near the line of vertical ruler on which you want to add bookmark and click "Add Bookmark"

Add Bookmarks eclipse

 

Enter a name in Add Bookmark dialog box:

 

Eclipse Add Bookmark dialog box

An added bookmark looks like in vertical ruler

 

bookmark on vertical ruler

 

To open Bookmarks:

  • Below General click Bookmarks
  • Go to Window and click Show View select Other
  • Enter bookmark in filter text box click ok

Show bookmarks eclipse

The Bookmarks View

The Bookmarks view looks like:

The Bookmarks View in eclipse

 

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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