Eclipse IDE
Eclipse is the free Open Source IDE from IBM and others. You need to install the core components and then add in plugins for futher capabilities. See futher details from Eclipse FAQ.
This works fine for your Windows workstation, and the install should also fit on your K:\ drive if you want to put it there too, so that you can use it outwith Meston 311.
Install Eclipse
- If you're working in the Computing Science Department
here at the University of Aberdeen, then use the latest Java EE
version,
which has all that you need preinstalled. Save the download and install
it to something like C:\Java\eclipse.
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When you first start Eclipse make sure to set the 'workspace' to something like C:\Java\eclipse-workspace so that it is not under your eclipse installation. This way you can upgrade to the new versions of eclipse as they are released without having to move your workspace.
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Plugins are not usually done via the update menu which you find with Help -> Software Updates... -> Available Software -> Add Site... Then you put the url of the site into the field, and in the next window associate a name with the url and then follow the buttons to apply and install the new update. Updates that can be added this way cover tools to work with Mobile Tools for Java (DSDP), Amazon Web Services and Android.
- Tomcat integration is already there as is support for Ant too, so
those are fine.