Installing and using Eclipse

  1. Get eclipse-jee: Download Eclipse 3.3 Europa from Oregon State
  2. Connect to SubVersion http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
  3. Learn Some Eclipse Tips (handy keyboard shortcuts)

Web Tools

Steps to create a new web service:

  1. Install Eclipse and start it up
  2. Install the WTP (go to Help->Software Updates->Find and Install... and add http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/ )
  3. Download Tomcat and Configure (go to Servers, right-click and select New...)
  4. Create a new Project, selecting the Web->Dynamic Web Project wizard
  5. When you have a class you want to expose as a web service, right-click and select Web Services->Create a Web Service