Getting comfortable with Eclipse

You finally have the Force.com IDE installed, but there's a few more steps you need to take. It probably doesn't look like Eclipse has changed much, so let's fix that by performing the following steps:

  1. Click on the Window menu and navigate to Open Perspective | Other. A list of available perspectives will appear.
  2. Select the Force.com option and then click on OK.

    The layout of Eclipse should change slightly and also now display Force.com Start Page; you're finally home!

    Getting comfortable with Eclipse

    The Force.com perspective in Eclipse

Eclipse is highly customizable and has a long list of settings available from the Preferences menu available in the ...

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