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Installing the Sysdeo Plug-in
Eclipse is a very powerful IDE in many ways; however, in other ways Eclipse only comes with very basic tools. For example, when Eclipse is first installed,there is no GUI design tool and there is no inherent capability for developing J2EE or Web applications. Anumber of plug-ins are available that extend these basic capabilities. In this section, we will install and use a plug-in that allows Eclipse to be used with the Tomcat servlet container and develop and use servlets and JavaServer Pages. The plug-in we will install can be found at the following URL: http://www.sysdeo.com/eclipse/tomcatPlugin.html The plug-in is distributed as a .zip file and requires that Tomcat already be installed on the computer. The plugin file should be downloaded and extracted to the Eclipse plugins folder. When you extract the file, be sure to retain the directory structure of the .zip file. If Eclipse is running, it needs to be shut down and restarted; otherwise start Eclipse. Inside Eclipse, choose Window ➪ Customize Perspective ➪ Other, then check the Tomcat check box, and click OK. Next, choose Window ➪ Preferences. Select the Tomcat node, which appears at the bottom of the tree structure.The dialog box (shown in Figure 4.6) allows setting the Tomcat version and base directory. Set these values to the values that are appropriate for your system, and be sure to click the Apply button before exiting the screen.
