Configuring Eclipse for Java 8, Maven 3, and Tomcat 8

This recipe entails configuration technics to develop efficiently on Eclipse with Java, Maven, and Tomcat.

Getting ready

Once the different products are installed, there are a couple of steps that we need to follow, mainly to make Eclipse work properly with Java SE 8, Maven 3, and Tomcat 8. In this recipe, we will also look at how to customize the Eclipse configuration file (Eclipse.ini) in order to make the most of the platform that runs Java and to make sure that it will cope with any significant growth of the application.

How to do it...

Let's take a look at the following steps to configure Eclipse on your desktop:

  1. You can start by creating a shortcut on your desktop to point to the Eclipse executable: ...

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