This is mainly for the beginners of Java to get started with Maven, and eclipse. This is required not only for learning Java, but also conducive to creating your self-taught Java projects.

Set up folders

1) C:\tools to install Java development tools like JDK, Maven, Eclipse IDE, etc. Create a sub-folder “jdk-8u131-windows-x64” to install JDK “8u131”.…

This extends “Setting up Java step by step tutorial“.

What are packages & why are they important?

A java package is a group of similar types of classes, interfaces and sub-packages. In Java you have built-in packages in the src.zip with *.java files & rt.jar with *.class files within packages such as java.lang,…

This is mainly for the beginners of Java to get started with Maven. This is required not only for learning Java, but also conducive to creating your self-taught Java projects. Extends Setting up Java step by step tutorial. This is an industrial strength tool to build Java applications.

Install Maven

Maven is a build, dependency management (i.e.…

Install eclipse

Step 1: Download and install eclipse latest version into the “c:\tools” folder from

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

It is an IDE (i.e. Integrated Development Environment). This tutorial downloads Eclipse Neon. Get the EE (Enterprise Edition).

Select “c:\tools” as the target folder.

Launch it.

Step 2: It is a good practice to keep your eclipse workspace separate from where your projects.…