[CONF] Apache Wicket > Setup Eclipse

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Setup Eclipse Page added by Ralf Eichinger Homepage: http://www.eclipse.org/ Download: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ File(s): Windows: Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers: eclipse-jee-ganymede-SR2-win32.zip (168 MB) Installation Unzip ZIP-file to an appropriate folder (C:\Program Files) Rename unpacked folder "eclipse" to "Eclipse_Ganymede" Create a desktop shortcut or quick launch icon to the executable "eclipse.exe" in the unpacked folder Configuration Change start parameters in "C:\Program Files\Eclipse_Ganymede\eclipse.ini" File eclipse.ini -showsplash org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256M -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin\javaw.exe -framework plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.4.3.R34x_v20081215-1030.jar -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -Xmx700m -XX:MaxPermSize=690M Note: Xmx and XX params must be appropriate to your available memory. If Eclipse does not start, down tune them. Start Eclipse using shortcut In Workspace Launcher point the "Workspace:" field to a new Workspace-folder like "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\DEV\<companyname>". Better would be a very short path for the workspace directory (to avoid later problems if your project has a very deep folder hierarchy/packages), e.g. "D:\WORKSPACES\<companyname>" Don't check "Use this as default..." (so it will be easier to switch between different workspaces Close "Welcome" tab. Some basic configurations Window - Preferences: General: Show heap status General - Editors - Text Editors: Show line numbers General - Editors - Text Editors - Spelling - Dictionaries: Encoding: UTF-8 Java - Code Style - Formatter - Java Conventions built-in -> Use Sun Java Code Conventions General - Network Connections: Manual proxy configuration HTTP proxy: <company_proxy_address>, Port: <company_proxy_port> Use this proxy server for SSL No proxy for: add internal addresses Enable proxy authentication: <username>/<password> General - Workspace: Text file encoding: Other: UTF-8 Change Notification Preferences View Online | Add Comment