Setup Eclipse and Configure Google Plug-in for Eclipse

Goal

This tutorial guides you through the steps of installing Eclipse IDE (Helios, 3.6 version) and configuring Google application engine plugin (version 1.4.2).

Time to Complete

Approximately 30 minutes

Prerequisites

This codelab requires a runnable App Engine Java environment. This includes:

• Java Development Kit (JDK) for your platform.
• App Engine supports both Java 5 or Java 6 however Java 6 is preferred.
• To check if your machine has a Java environment, and what version, open a command window and enter either of the following:
• java version
• If your machine lacks a Java environment, click here to download and install the "Java SE Development Kit".Additional Java environment information can be found here.

Index

This tutorial is divided into the following sections:

Download and Install Eclipse IDE

Download Eclipse Helios JEE version 3.6:

• http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/heliosr

Extract and execute the binary.

Configure Google Plug-in for Eclipse

Install Google Plug-in for Eclipse and follow instructions given at :

http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/install-eclipse-3.6.html

Validate the Configuration

After Eclipse restarts, verify the following

Eclipse version:

Click on, Eclipse --> About Eclipse

GAE plug-in version:

File --> New Project --> Google --> Web Application Project

Summary

Congratulations, you've completed this tutorial and have successfully installed eclipse and configured GAE plugin.

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