Peter Johnson wrote:Better yet, within the Package Explorer right-click the package you want to create the source file in and select New | Class. Then the New class dialog will be prefilled with the package name. Of course, you can always change the package name if you like.
Helpful hint #1: Eclipse will often create multiple folder/package levels for you automatically. I always try that first just in case what I'm doing supports taking the easy way out.
Peter Johnson wrote:
Also, no need to backup the entire workstation - just zip up your project's directory (or make a copy of the directory). You can restore the project from that if things go horribly wrong.
Helpful hint #2: You can zip up (backup) a project by using the Eclipse export feature. For that matter, you can even make an unzipped backup using Export.
However, Undo/Redo are often available as well.
Eclipse really isn't all that fragile when it comes to stuff like this, so just play around with it until you feel confident that you know what it's doing.
The secret of how to be miserable is to constantly expect things are going to happen the way that they are "supposed" to happen.
You can have faith, which carries the understanding that you may be disappointed. Then there's being a willfully-blind idiot, which virtually guarantees it.