Starter Project for Java and the Eclipse IDE

A template starter for instantiating a plain java project, with Eclipse metadata

If You Can't See Green 'Use this template' Button

If instead you see the green 'Code' button then you are not signed in to github.

Advantages to using this project

• You won't be confused by, and forced to use static methods and class variables that you don't yet understand.
• Easy to set up and get started
• Sets up some defaults to use as examples for getting started coding
• Perhaps more like the projects you will be using on the job

Disadvantages to using this project

• Slightly different project than what the video lessons show
• More material here than you will initially need
• Shows unit test that you won't do until Assignment 7

How to Consume Template

• Create your project on github, not your local drive, by clicking the green template button
• Clone this down to your local drive in the appropriate workspace directory
• Import this project as an existing Eclipse project
• Start your coding in App.java's execute() method

ALWAYS rename your project from FIXME, after importing! See troubleshooting below!!!!! (Right click, "Refactor" then "Rename") ALWAYS search your project for the string literal FIXME, and fix any as appropriate.

How to run app

In Eclipse run App.java as a java app as you would any other app

How To run Unit Tests

In Eclipse run MyServiceTest as JUnit test

Troubleshooting

• A second project from this template will NOT import into a workspace if you didn't refactor the name of a previous. Hint: Look for a project in your workspace starting with the name FIXME and then rename that project.
• If your Eclipse is not set up with Java 11, you may expect problems that require you to add a Java 11 JDK in order to resolve. PS you need to do this anyway - your code reviewer expects that regardless of what you use as your project starter.

To remove unwanted boilerplate

Some example code is included in this project. Depending on your skill level,

• You may wish to delete it immediately if it is not helpful
• You may wish to leave it around for a while if it might be helpful

But if you hand this project in as an assignment, you probably want to delete anything that is not a part of the assignment.

Other notes:

• This project attempts to enforce a Java 11 version on the user. This is intentional, as this is a standard in the bootcamp.
• This project is like it's sibling project, which is virtually identical except for being a maven project import.
• Some teams prefer to gitignore the Eclipse metadata files (.project, .classpath) - but this would defeat this template's usage.
• This project will also import into IntelliJ