Starting Java Developing - Dynamic Web Project - With Eclipse

During the Spring we had a course named software developing. We had to use Eclipse, Dynamic Web Project and Tomcat server. Now I'm going to tell few things about this process.

1. Start by downloading the newest Eclipse version from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
2. Select this version:  Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers and download either 32 or 64bit version depending on your system.

3. Eclipse comes in a Zip file, program called 7-Zip is very good program to unzip zip files. So download it from http://www.7-zip.org/ unless you have another program to unzip it. 

4. When you have unzipped Eclipse you will need Tomcat. Tomcat runs Java program in the server. It is good to have it locally on your computer that you can test your program in real time.

5. Go to Tomcat web-page http://tomcat.apache.org Under downloads there are different versions. Pick for example version 7 and download it under Binary Distributions - Core: and select Zip file.

6. Again, unzip the tomcat somewhere so your folder should look like this:

 

7. Now open the Eclipse

8. In Eclipse, select File - New - Dynamic Web Project. If it is not there, select other and search it. Select a name for your project and press Finish.

9. Now it's time to add Tomcat server. Select File - New - Other and type server. Select next.

 

10.  Select Tomcat version 7 under apache folder and type something similar if the forms are empty.

11. From the server runtime environment select Add and locate Tomcat where you unzipped it.

12. Click Finnish and you are ready to go, or should be. Now you can start creating your Dynamic Web Project.