Dismiss the "Welcome to Eclipse" tabbed pane (If you want to look at it later, you can find it under Help -> Guide)
- Create a new Project called "1710" by selecting File -> New -> Java Project. This will cause the "New Java Project" dialog to appear.
- In the "Project name:" field, enter 1710.
- Under JRE, choose the 1.6 version of Java as the execution environment, if it is not already selected.
- Under "Project Layout", choose the option "Use project folder as root for sources and class files". (IMPORTANT)
- Select the Finish button.
- In the "Package Explorer" view, you will now see a folder with the name "1710".
- If you look at the Z: drive using the Explorer, you will see that the following directory has been created: Z:\workspace-win32\1710\
Create an app called Check02U.java
- To do this, select File -> New -> Class. This brings up the "New Java Class" dialog.
- In the "Name:" field, type Check02U (It should NOT be check02U or CHECK02u or check2u or CheckO2U or CheckO2u any other variant)
- Under "Which method stubs would you like to create?", check "public static void main(String[] args)". Click the Finish button.
- You may now use the editor to add statements to the body of the method called main.