Getting Started

From https://code.google.com/p/proclipsing/wiki/GettingStarted on Jan 13, 2016.

Getting Started : Installing Proclipsing & Creating a Project Introduction This Tutorial will show you how to install Proclipsing and Create a Project with it. It will walk you through adding the Proclipsing Plugin to Eclipse and creating your first Proclipsing project.

Details Initially, we are focusing on project creation. To this end, the plugin allows you to select the location of your processing app, which libraries you want, and then creates a project with the desired libs (with native libraries), and skeleton package structure and PApplet.

Download Eclipse: Go to The Eclipse Download Page. Download the "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers" for your Operating System.

Download Processing: Go to The Processing Download Page. Download the most recent version of Processing for your Operating System.

To add Proclipsing to Eclipse: These steps might vary slightly based on what version of Eclipse you have. The wording might be slightly different, but the process is pretty much the same.

open the eclipse folder, then open eclipse select a workspace (at the beginning the default should be fine) select help>Install New Software pro1

click on the "Add" button on the top right enter "Proclipsing" in the "Name" field enter "http://proclipsing.googlecode.com/svn/tags/current_releases/proclipsingSite/" in the "location" field click "ok" pro2

select both "core" and "export" click "next" pro3

click next (and agree to all following popups) pro4

when prompted to restart eclipse, agree to it if the "Welcome" tab is open, close that tab To set up Global Proclipsing Preferences: Picture 6

Select Eclipse preferences (On a MacOSX, select Eclipse>Prefences) Select Proclipsing Click the "Browse" button next to the "Processing Path" field (this is the folder that the Processing app is in on Windows or Linux. For Processing 1.0+ on MacOsX, this the bundled Processing Application). Click the "Browse" button next to the "Processing Sketch Path" field (this is the folder that the Processing Sketch Folder) To create your first Proclipsing Project:

Select File >> "New Project" Open the "Processing" folder Select "Processing Project" and click next Picture 7

Enter a name for your project in the "Project Name" field Click the "Browse" button next to the "Processing Path" field (this is the folder that the Processing app is in on Windows or Linux. For Processing 1.0+ on MacOsX, this the bundled Processing Application). Click the "Browse" button next to the "Processing Sketch Path" and navigate to your sketch folder, then select the libraries inside (if you don't have a folder named "libraries" in your sketch folder, you might want to create one). Select whether you want the project to be an Application or an Applet (Applet for the web, Application for local). Select the libraries you want to use in this project with in the libraries windows. Select Finish