Lew, thanks for responding. after reading the docs some more I see it's all about workspaces so that makes sense.
Yea, being used to C#, I expect not to like Java. Unfortunately, I'm afraid both our futures will be with HTML5 and (for crissake) 15 year old JavaSCRIPT!!!! Gary On Mar 14, 6:18 pm, Lew <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > I'm used to working with IDE's like Microsoft Visual Studio, Delphi, > > and such. I'm learning the android platform now and I'm using > > Eclipse. I'm going through all of the tutorials. > > > As I create new activities, I see Eclipse keeps track of everything I > > have ever done and opens them all up in Package Explorer. Will this > > go on the rest of my life? I'm used to having "projects" on disk > > somewhere where I want them and then when I open up a project it opens > > up just that project in Visual Studio, not also every project I ever > > did. > > > Some projects have nothing to do with others. I can see maybe > > grouping related projects in a package explorer but not all projects. > > > I'm clearly missing some concept. Can someone help me out with this? > > This is an Eclipse question, not an Android one. Eclipse allows you to open > up multiple projects - is this what you mean by "keeps track of everything > [you] have done and opens them all up"? If so, it's you who opened them, > not Eclipse. > > You can use the context menu (secondary mouse-button click) to close > individual projects, or close all the unrelated projects to the one on > which you click. You can't blame Eclipse for showing you projects that > you've opened and not closed. That's a feature, not a bug. > > You can also open related projects in a particular workspace (project > directory), and others in a different workspace. That's also a feature, not > a bug. > > You can also delete projects from a workspace, optionally deleting the > files from the hard disk as well. Again, this is a feature, not a bug. > > Holding Visual Studio up as the exemplar of IDE behavior is a bit like > holding up Slobodan Milosovic's or Saddam Hussein's government as an > historical exemplar of federated government. Their way isn't inherently the > right way. > > If you have this much trouble adjusting to the IDE, you're just going to > hate Java. Don't expect much sympathy there; Java-bashing is a favorite > activity of Java programmers and .Net acolytes alike. > > -- > Lew- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
