Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Generally, a java programmer starts programming with a notepad. To compile and run a program, a programmer uses javac and java commands at the command prompt window. Notepad doesn?t help a programmer to track the improper java syntax while programming. This makes programming a bit uncomfortable. Hence, Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are developed to provide best solution to ease the programmer?s task. This tutorial explains Eclipse IDE in the series of topics indexed below:

About IDE
IDE is a smart editor that equips a programmer with features like editing, compiling, deploying, debugging etc.. IDE abstracts the programming complexities and reduces the applications development time hence it enhances the productivity.
Starting with Eclipse IDE
< /font>This is free and open source, extensible IDE written in Java. This is one of the most popular IDE used among Java community. Eclipse Plug-Ins are available for C/C++,Cobol, PHP, JSP/Servlet, J2EE and many more.

Downloading, Installing and Initializing Eclipse
To use Eclipse in your system, it is required to download its appropriate copy along with java runtime environment.

Creating a Project
This section explains the steps involved in developing a project in Eclipse IDE.

Reduce Java Code commenting effort using JAutodoc (eclipse plugin)
Autodoc is a very useful eclipse plugin which helps in generating javadoc style comments very easily. Apart from adding the template for javadoc style

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