Installing the Processing plugin for Eclipse

In the early days of Processing, it was a little harder to use Processing with Eclipse. You had to start by creating a Java project, and manually add the core Processing .jar file to the project. The Processing team has made it really easy to work with Processing and Eclipse now. They made a plugin for Eclipse that will help you run Processing sketches within the environment.

How to do it...

Start Eclipse if you haven't already, and go to the Help | Install New Software menu item. You'll get to see the Install window. If you click the Add button on this window, the Add Repository dialog will show up. Enter these values into this dialog and click on OK:

• Name: Processing Plug-in

• Location: http://eclipse.processing.org/plugin/site.xml

  

You now get to see the details for the Processing plugin. Click the Next button and wait; you'll see a progress bar at the bottom of the window. This process may take a while.

When everything is ready to install, you need...