When you start Eclipse 3.x for the first time, you will be greeted with the Eclipse welcome screen:
This page has a series of informational links to the integrated Eclipse help files. Most of these help screens are related to application development in Java or using Java to extend Eclipse. They won’t be immediately important to our needs. However, after you’ve had a little hands-on experience with Eclipse, you may find it helpful and interesting to look through some of the screens to get a better understanding of how Eclipse works:
- Overview: This section gives a broad overview of Eclipse. It covers the Workbench, how to write Java with Eclipse, using CVS, and an introduction to plug-in development.
- Tutorials: Four tutorials are included in Eclipse: building a Java application, building an SWT application, building a plug-in, and deploying a plug-in.
- Samples: Some sample plug-in project files are linked from here. You will need an Internet connection...