Setting up the Eclipse IDE
Eclipse is an IDE, which is used mostly for Java development. In order to avoid switching screens between Eclipse and your browser, you can simply install the AWS plugin for Eclipse. In this recipe, we are going to see how to set up this plugin, and how to use it to perform various DynamoDB operations.
Getting ready
The first thing you need to do is install Eclipse on your laptop/desktop. The latest version from Eclipse can be downloaded from https://eclipse.org/downloads/. You need to select the Eclipse IDE for Java developers. Simply extract the ZIP file, and you are ready to go.
How to do it…
To install the AWS Explore plugin in Eclipse, we need to perform the following steps:
- Open Eclipse, and go to Help | Install New ...
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