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<title>Eclipse for developing Mono applications</title>
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<h1>Eclipse for developing Mono applications</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>When you visit Eclipse's <a href="http://eclipse.org/">web page</a>,
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you may wonder what Eclipse is: some Java library, an IDE, just and editor?
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The answer is: all of the three.
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The Eclipse Platform (as <a href="http://eclipse.org/whitepapers/eclipse-overview.pdf">
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this</a> white paper states) is designed for building integrated development
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environments (IDEs) that can be used to create applications as diverse as web
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sites, embedded Java programs, C++ programs, and Enterprise JavaBeans.
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What does it mean? That apart from initially having just an editor with
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a few shortcuts for doing several common programming tasks easier, you can
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extend the IDE to any language creating plug-ins that can run on any OS
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that Eclipse is ported to.</p>
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<p>With the multi-language nature of Mono, this seems to be a very
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important project for future development of applications in this
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framework. But even now it can be a very helpful IDE for developing
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C# applications. There is already a basic C# plug-in for Eclipse,
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that although lacking some interesting features, implements
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auto indenting and syntax highlighting for this language.
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Another extra point is that Eclipse can use the Gtk2 toolkit
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on GNU/Linux. This is great for Gnome users, as it adapts better
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to the environment.</p>
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<h2>Installation</h2>
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<p>First things first. You must get Eclipse from the
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<a href="http://eclipse.org/downloads/index.html">download</a> section.
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Choose any release you want to download and you'll be presented
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with different packages of the Eclipse platform. Unless you are planning
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to work in a plug-in for Eclipse, downloading the Platform Runtime Binary
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for your OS will suffice (and will save you lots of bandwith).
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Also remember that you will need a Java runtime environment (JRE),
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that you can get following the instructions in the download page,
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or from <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/">Sun</a>'s site.</p>
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<p>The installation of the Eclipse platform is very quick and simple.
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You just have to unzip the downloaded file in a directory, and from
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there running the eclipse executable (you must have the JRE path
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in your PATH environment variable).
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The loading process is rather slow, but not slower than a few other
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native applications out there.</P>
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<p>Next you will want to install <a href="http://www.improve-technologies.com">
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Improve</a>'s <a href="http://www.improve-technologies.com/alpha/esharp/">C#
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plug-in</a>. Follow the instructions on the plug-in site.</P>
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<p>Optionally, if you plan to be working on C/C++ code any time, you can
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download the C Development Environment from the
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<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/tools/index.html">Tools Project</a>.
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Just unzipping the plug-in on the Eclipse directory will suffice.</p>
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<h2>Using Eclipse</h2>
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<p>You can start a new C# project just by going to "File->New->Project"
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and choosing 'Simple' on the dialog presented. Your newly created
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project will appear at the Navigator on the left. You can now
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start creating the layout of your project. You can do this by
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using the context menu on the Navigator or by using the "File->New" menu.
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To create a C# file you must use "New->C# File". The file will be filled
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with a simple template of a C# program.</P>
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<p>Let's say you want to import the newly created project to a CVS
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repository you have access to. On the context menu
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of the Navigator you have the "Team->Share Project" item. By clicking
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on it you will get the chance to configure the CVS repository
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settings, and then you will be presented with the Synchronize view
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to see the files that will be added, and then you can choose which
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ones to add to version control and which to ignore.</P>
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<p>To check out a CVS module follow this procedure. Go to
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"Window->Open Perspective->CVS Repository Exploring", then right click on
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the "CVS Repositories" window and choose "New->Repository Location"
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and fill in the dialog with your login settings.
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You can then expand the CVS tree, right-click on a directory and
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choose "Check Out As Project".</p>
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<p>From now on you can experiment with the rest of the features.
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You will be surprised at how stable and intuitive this application is.</p>
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<p>
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<small>Acknowledge: some things were used from this
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<a href="http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=724">post</a> on
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www.gnomedesktop.org.</small>
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</p>
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