Your First C Program in Eclipse
The first thing you have to do is to select the C/C++ perspective. You can do this by clicking the icon pointed to by the red arrow and selecting C/C++.
Your workbench is now configured for C/C++ development.
Next select
File, New, C Project from the main menu.
Enter the name of your project,
FirstCProject, and for the executable type select
Hello World ANSI C Project, and then click on the
Finish button.
Notice that you now have a simple Hello World program in the editor window. If you like you may make a small change to the program and save it or you can just leave it as is.
To execute the program select
Run As from the
Run menu. Then select
Local C/C++ Application.
The output of your program is displayed in the
Console window at the bottom of the workbench.
Congratulations! You've just run your first C program using Eclipse.
Your First Java Program in Eclipse
First, start by selecting the Java perspective.
In the Java perspective select
File,
New,
Java Project.
Enter your Java project name,
FirstJavaProject and then click
Finish.
Select
File,
New,
Class.
Now enter the name of your class,
First and check the box
public static void main(String[] args) and then click
Finish.
In the edit view add in your print method as shown.
Your Java program is now complete.
Save your program and then select
Run,
Run As,
Java Application.
The output of your program is shown in the
Console view.
Congratulations! You've just run your first Java program using Eclipse.
