Setting Up Your Development Environment - Beginning Java Programming: The Object-Oriented Approach - page 50

such as one for work and one for personal use, you might want to leave this box unchecked and
select the appropriate workspace each time you open Eclipse.
using eclipse
After you choose your workspace, Eclipse opens to the Welcome screen, shown in Figure 3-6, by
default. From here you can link to some introductory materials for Eclipse, including tutorials,
samples, and an overview of features and updates. Take your time exploring. When you're ready,
you can close the Welcome screen by pressing the white “x” next to the Welcome tab or by clicking
the arrow in the top‐right corner to proceed to your workbench.
figure 3-6
Your workbench should look similar to the workbench shown in Figure 3-7, from the Eclipse
IDE for Java Developers of the Luna release. It is divided into several views, which give you
access to different information and tools. The views can be thought of as sub‐windows, where
one activity or display is contained. A perspective groups together a particular set of views nec-
essary or helpful for a particular task. By default, you are shown the Java perspective, which is
a collection of views used when programming in Java. In this perspective, you'll see the Package
Explorer on the left, the Code Editor in the center, the outline of the current class on the right
(with the task list above it if you're using the Java developer package), and a series of tabs at the
bottom.