1. Eclipse Basic Concepts
Seong Jong Choi
Multimedia Lab.
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng.
University of Seoul
Seoul, Korea

2. Main Objectives Eclipse를 사용하기 위해 이해해야 할 기본 개념 설명 2019-04-04
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3. Basic Concepts Workspace Project Workbench Editors Views Perspectives
Collection of projects
Project
Collection of files
Workbench
GUI
Editors
edits files
Views
read-only information
Perspectives
Collection of Editors and Views
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4. A workspace is the root directory for your projects.
It is essentially the top-level (parent) directory under which your project-related files (.java files, for example) are organized.
Eclipse asks you to select the workspace directory, every time you open the Eclipse
Root directory for Workspace
Directory for Project “ch1”
Directory for byte code files
Directory for Project “Fig1_1”
Directory for Java source codes files
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5. Current Workspace has two projects
A project is a collection of your files that you manipulate, such as .java, .xml, and so on.
Current Workspace has two projects
Project “ch1”
Project “Fig1_1”
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6. The Eclipse workbench is the first thing we see when we start Eclipse.
In other words, it essentially is the Eclipse platform plus some basic functionality such as management of projects.
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7. Editors allow us to edit (open, edit, save, and close) files.
With Editors, you can edit documents, e.g. Java, XML, C++
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8. Several editors and views can be grouped together using tabs.
Views supplement editors by providing read-only information, typically about the file being edited in the editor.
PrePackaged views
Package Explorer View
Console View
Outline View
Search View
Several editors and views can be grouped together using tabs.
tabs
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9. Perspectives
A perspective is a collection of views and editors arranged in the fashion you like.
Predefined Perspectives:
Java
Java Browsing
Debug
You can create custom perspectives.
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10. The workbench with Java Perspective
Package Explorer View
Perspective Switching Button
Java Editor
Outline View
Problem View
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