Android™ Application Development All-in-One For Dummies®

Chapter 1: Using the Eclipse Workbench

In This Chapter

Finding your way around the Eclipse workbench

Using views and perspectives

Getting Eclipse’s assistance to type your code

Importing existing code

Working with configurations and preferences

When you develop software, you have two options:

• Be tough and use only command-line tools.

Never touch your computer’s mouse. Figure out all the commands with all their options. Edit programs in primitive text editors, such as Linux vi, GNU Emacs, Windows Notepad, or Macintosh TextEdit.

• Be wimpy and use an integrated development environment (an IDE).

Execute commands by clicking menu items. Edit programs with a full-featured editor — an editor customized for whatever programming language you use. Change object values with code-aware property sheets. Create forms by dragging widgets from a palette to a visual layout.

I admire toughness, but wimpiness is more efficient. Being wimpy makes you more productive and less prone to error. ...