Eclipse 101

Screenshot of the Week: Missing JRE

Monday, May 25, 2015 - 11:29 by Wayne Beaton
One of the more frustrating things about Eclipse–at least for some users–is that Eclipse doesn’t come with a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Since Eclipse is itself a Java application, it needs a JRE to run. The intellectual property rules at Eclipse prevent us from including a JRE with the downloads...

Screenshot of the Week: Gradle Tools

Sunday, April 5, 2015 - 22:47 by Wayne Beaton
We’re pushing hard to make sure that great tools for Gradle are included with the Eclipse Mars release. The following screenshot shows my workspace after importing the Gradle Tooling API using Buildship Eclipse Plug-ins for Gradle. The Buildship project provides tools for Gradle in Eclipse. The Buildship project is producing...

Toggle Line Numbers in Eclipse

Monday, March 30, 2015 - 17:46 by Wayne Beaton
I’ll admit that I’m dumbfounded by how much people care about whether line numbers are on or off by default in Eclipse. Put the cursor into the gutter area to the left of the editor and right-click to bring up the context menu, select “Toggle Line Numbers” to change the...

Screen Capture: Data Tools

Friday, May 2, 2014 - 18:09 by Wayne Beaton
Here’s a quick video of the Eclipse Data Tools in action. From an “SQL Scrapbook” page, you can quickly run and see the result of SQL statements. Configuration: Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers (Luna M6) Data Tools Platform Extender SDK (Help > Install New Software…) MySQL 5.5

Building and Running Java 8 Support

Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 16:46 by Wayne Beaton
The Eclipse support for Java 8 is not yet available for download. If you want to play with it, you’ve got to build it. Eclipsepedia’s JDT Core/Java8 page includes instructions for setting up your development environment with the source for the evolving Java 8 support in the Eclipse Java development...