Chapter 3: Quick Tour

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Chapter 3Quick Tour
Reference Eclipse WTP
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Objectives

• Eclipse Overview
• Resources and Workspaces
• Starting Eclipse WTP 2.0.1
• Changing JRE to JDK1.5
• Changing Server Runtime
• Quick Tour Textbook Tutorials

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Eclipse 3.3 Overview

• Eclipse 3.3 (a.k.a Europa) has WTP 2.0.1 and
  includes debug, test, and deployment tools
• The Eclipse IDE is organized into windows called
  perspectives
• Each perspective groups work and information
  areas called views

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Starting Eclipse WTP 2.0.1

• Locate the Eclipse WTP 2.0.1 shortcut on your
  desktop
• C\wtp201\eclipse\eclipse.exe -showlocation
  -clean -vmargs -Xms256m -Xmx768m
  -XXMaxPermSize128m
• Note the vmargs will eliminate OutOfMemory
  exceptions
• To prompt the workspace location
• Windows Preferences
• General Startup and Shutdown Prompt for
  Workspace on Startup
• Add setworkspace

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Resources and Workspaces

• Workspace
• Collection of resources (i.e., projects, folders
  and files).
• Exactly one workspace is active at a time.
• Project
• Contain folders and files, but not projects.
• Cannot be named .metadata
• Folder
• Contain other folders and/or files
• Reference
• Help Help Contents

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Eclipse WTP 2.0.1 Window
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WTP 2.0.1 Getting Started

• Reference Textbook pages 46 to 70
• Note The steps described in the textbook applies
  to WTP 1.5. You need to adjust the instructions
  when using WTP 2.0.1.
• Iteration 1. J2EE Web Application (1st half)
• Iteration 2. Servlets and Scriptlets (1st half)
• Iteration 3. Database Access (2nd half)
• Iteration 4. Web Services (optional)

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Changing JRE to JDK1.5

• Note You need JDK1.5 for debugging servlets
• Window Preferences
• - Java Installed JREs
• - Add/edit JRE
• Reference p. 50

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Changing Server Runtime

• Note You need Tomcat 5.5 or JBoss 4.x
• Window Preferences
• - Server Installed Runtimes
• - Add/edit Server Runtime
• Reference p. 48 - 51

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Next Steps

• Lab 2 (Import WAR file)
• Chapter 3 Tutorials
• Iteration 1. J2EE Web Application
• Iteration 2. Servlets and Scriptlets