Installation & New Project Instructions🔗

Installation🔗

• Download and install the JDK.

• Download and install Eclipse.

• Launch Eclipse and exit out of the welcome tab.

• Go to Preferences > Java > Code Style > Formatter. Create a new profile (call it whatever you like). Set Indentation to Spaces Only with 2 for indentation and tab size. Check off new lines before each of the four control statements.

• Save the following two files to a folder on your machine.

  Related files:
    tester.jar     javalib.jar  

New Project🔗

• Click File > New Java Project.

• Click Finish, and then don’t create a module-info file.

• Right click the project and click Properties. Go to Java Build Path and under Libraries click Classpath. Click Add External Jars, and select the two files linked above.

• Right click the project and select New > Class (or Interface). Remove the auto-generated public keyword.

Running a Project🔗

• Create a class with examples and/or tests (see lecture notes for an example).

• Click Run > Run Configurations.

• Click Java Application and then the New button (a blank sheet with a plus).

• Give the configuration a relevant name.

• Specify the appropriate project.

• Under Main class, enter tester.Main.

• In the Arguments tab under Program arguments, provide the name of the class you made in the first step.