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Getting Started

You can download the standard version of Eclipse that contains the basic bits for any Java developer to start coding in Java.

Download


Eclipse also has pre-defined packages based on the type of development you want to do with Eclipse.

Download Packages

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Documentation

These are a few of the popular getting-started documents for someone new to Eclipse:

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Getting Help

  • There are many online sources of help in the Eclipse community. First thing to do is create an account so you can use them.
  • Our forums are great places to ask questions, especially the newcomer forum.
  • Open bugs and feature requests at bugzilla.
  • IRC channels are active for some projects.
  • Project mailing list are good source of what is going on in the project.

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      <p>You can download the standard version of Eclipse that contains the basic bits
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      <p>Eclipse Marketplace is a great source of plug-ins and product that you can add to Eclipse.
        Browse the online catalog or use the <a href="//marketplace.eclipse.org">Eclipse Marketplace</a>
        Client from within Eclipse. Look under the Eclipse Help Menu.
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          <a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/subversive-svn-team-provider">Subversive - SVN Team Provider</a><br>
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                Drag to your running Eclipse workspace.
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          <a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-color-theme">Eclipse Color Theme</a><br>
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          <a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/maven-integration-eclipse-juno-and-newer">Maven Integration for Eclipse</a><br>
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          <a href="http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/pydev-python-ide-eclipse">PyDev</a><br>
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      <h1>Documentation</h1>
      <p>These are a few of the popular getting-started documents for someone new to Eclipse: </p>
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        <li>Getting Started with the <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/nav/0">Eclipse Workbench</a></li>
        <li>Getting Started with <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/nav/1">Java development</a></li>
        <li>All online <a href="http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp">Documentation</a></li>
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      <h1>Getting Help</h1>
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        <li>There are many online sources of help in the Eclipse community. First thing to do is <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/createaccount.php">create an account</a> so you can use them.</li>
        <li>Our <a href="http://eclipse.org/forums/">forums</a> are great places to ask questions, especially the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/89/">newcomer forum</a>.</li>
        <li>Open bugs and feature requests at <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/">bugzilla</a>.</li>
        <li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC">IRC channels</a> are active for some projects.</li>
        <li>Project <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo">mailing list</a> are good source of what is going on in the project.</li>
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