The next prerequisite for arch studio is Eclipse.
1. To download free version of eclipse go to Eclipse downloads site. (Eclipse, n.d.). On this screen you will see various versions of eclipse IDE available for different languages and different versions of java. Select “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers”.
Figure 1 Eclipse Site
2. Select appropriate version of the software based on the version of the operating system. It will display a popup window as shown in below screenshot.
Figure 2 Eclipse Download
3. Once the download is finished “Extract” it on your desktop or any other directory where you want to keep eclipse.
4. Open the extracted eclipse folder and run “eclipse.exe”.
When you open up Eclipse for the first time it will prompt you to select a “workspace” directory. Workspace is a directory in which our applications are stored. You can change it to any other directory if you want to or even you can use the default workspace directory.
Figure 3 Workspace Launcher
5. Click ok to continue. After loading all its resources, it will display a welcome screen as shown below.
6. The Eclipse environment is all set to build applications in windows environment.
Figure 4 Eclipse Welcome Page
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