Re: eclipse is confusing <project vs workspace>

<rogndeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm a former Java programmer (1995,1996) but have been doing C++ in
between. Now going back to Java and using Eclipse (company standard).
It is an unusual IDE, the part that I'm tripping on is the project vs
workspace.

I created some code and works, saved it into a directory tree. I then
experimented with loading up sample workspaces, but no files show up in
the tree, nor can I build anything. Most other IDEs have a centralized
project file that you load/save which stores the build settings.
However I do not see such a thing in Eclipse. How do I make it reload
what I previously had? (If I browse back to the original folder, no
files show up)

I'm unsure what you're saying. In general, the workbench in Eclipse is
shared between multiple projects. There is no "open" project in the
sense that there would be in other IDEs. There is a workspace, but you
usually only have one of them (except when doing development of Eclipse
plugins, in which case you have a development workspace, and a runtime
workspace for testing).

If you modify preferences in the Window | Preferences... menu, that
affects the entire workspace. Many preferences can be overridden on a
project-by-project basis, which you'd do by right-clicking the project,
and choosing Properties... from that menu.

If you're looking for something analogous to a workspace in a different
IDE, you might look at working sets. They provide a way to groups
related projects together, so you can collapse the irrelevant projects
in the tree view and only see the projects that you are working with.

--
Chris Smith - Lead Software Developer / Technical Trainer
MindIQ Corporation
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