How to use Eclipse with Murachs Java SE 6
Eclipse is a software framework for developing Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). Eclipse is open-source, available for free, runs on all modern operating systems, and includes a popular Java IDE that can be used to develop professional Java applications.
This tutorial has been designed to work with our beginning Java book, Murach’s Java SE 6. As a result, this tutorial includes references to the corresponding chapters in the book whenever that’s helpful.
How to get started with Eclipse
Before you install Eclipse, you need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK) for Java SE 6 as described in figure 1-4 in chapter 1 of Murach’s Java SE 6. In addition, you should download and install the Eclipse version of the source code for this book from our web site (www.murach.com). To do that, download the zip file for the Eclipse source code and unzip it into the C:\murach\java6 directory.