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All-In-One Installer
Eclipse Che comes with an all-in-one installer. If you choose this way to install Che you do not need to install any other software since the installer has all pre-reqs packaged and will install them before installing Che.
Starting Eclipse Che
Navigate into the bin folder of your Che installation and execute the che.batfile. Che will automatically launch a Docker container, and after its start-up you can connect to Che via http://localhost:8080 using a web browser. You’ll find yourself on the dashboard of Eclipse Che.
The Dashboard
Dashboard of Eclipse Che
The dashboard gives you quick access to recent workspaces and projects. You can create a new project by either clicking the blue New Project button (See: 1) or theplus (See: 3) in the upper right corner. By clicking the arrow (See: 2) you can create a new workspace. Using the workspaces or projectsnavigation item you’ll get into a dedicated list view.
Let’s create a new project!
Creating a project
Eclipse Che comes with a wizard to create projects and workspaces. In the project creation wizard, you can either create a workspace or select an existing one.
Project creation wizard of Eclipse Che
Select Source
You can either create a new blank project (See: 1) or import an existing one from external sources like a git repository, Github or a simple .zip-archive (See: 2). In our tutorial we are going to create a blank project.
Select Stack
A stack is just a pile of technologies which will be installed to your machine so you don’t need to install stuff manually. Eclipse Che comes with predefined stacks for Java, NodeJS, PHP, ASP.NET and even a blank stack (See: 3). In the Stack Library (See: 4) you can select more like vanilla systems like a blank Ubuntu or Debian. You are also able to create a new custom stack (See: 5) where you can write a Docker image file which will be used as a machine.
Configure Workspace
You can configure your workspace by giving it a name and setting the amount of RAM is takes at least (See: 6). Remember that a workspace can hold many machines and therefore might take a lot of RAM.
Select Template
Che comes with some Ready-to-run projects which include a hello wold (See: 7). You could either select one of these or create a Wizard-driven project. For our example we are going to create the console-java-simple project which is an easy hello world.
Project Metadata
The project metadata includes the name and a description of the new project (See: 8).
Create It!
By clicking the big blue Create Project button (See: 9) Eclipse Che will create the workspace and the project for you. You will be forwarded to the Construction screen where you can see the process of the workspace and project creation.
Construction Screen of Eclipse Che
Creating and starting the workspace might take a little while, so be patient. When everything is done you are able to access the IDE and start developing.
.Extracted from: https://blog.oio.de/2016/04/22/eclipse-che-getting-started/