Creating a Project

A project is the top-most program element in the IDE hierarchy of program elements.   A project contains all the packages used for a particular work unit, such as an entire application.

To create a new project:

  1. Click the New Project button newProjUp.gif (1058 bytes) in the Workbench.  The Add Project SmartGuide will start up (This SmartGuide is also used for adding projects from the repository to the workspace).
  2. Select the radio button next to Create a new project named.
  3. Provide a name for the project.
  4. Click Finish.

The new project will appear in the Projects page of the Workbench.  To add a descriptive comment for the new project, select it, and fill in a description in the Comment pane of the Projects page.

Once you have created a project, you can add other program elements (packages, classes, methods, and so on).

tentergf.gif (577 bytes)In the team development environment, any member of the team can create a project.

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Projects and Other Program Elements

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Browsing the Workspace
Creating a Package
Creating a Class
Creating an Interface
Creating an Applet or Application
Adding Projects and Packages from the Repository to the Workspace