Chapter 1. Introduction

Welcome to the pocket guide for the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment. This book is the ultimate "no fluff" user's manual for the Eclipse IDE, in particular, its Java Development Toolkit (JDT). This book is designed to get you up and running quickly in the environment even if you've never used Eclipse before. Some Java™ programming knowledge will be helpful when reading this guide, but even if you're new to Java, you can still find a good deal of useful information within these pages. Let's begin with an overview of what Eclipse is and how to download and install it. If you're already using Eclipse, you can skip this section and jump to Part II.