In Basic Settings, specify some basic settings. Click Next.įigure 11: Selecting Executable, Hello World C++ Project For Project type, select Executable>Hello World C++ Project, and in Toolchains, select Cross GCC. Use the default location to create the project. The project name should not have any spaces because the C++ file (. In C++ Project, specify a Project name ( HelloWorld, for example). Select File>New>C++ Project.įigure 10: Selecting File, New, C++ Project In this section, we shall create a C++ project in Eclipse for a Hello World application.

In this tutorial, we shall get started with using C++ in Eclipse IDE. C++ could be used in various IDEs, such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, and NetBeans. C++ is ranked as the third most commonly used programming language by TIOBE Index of programming languages. Visit the TechRepublic Academy to hone your C++ skills and create amazing Eclipse Projects! C++ inherits from C and also introduces object-oriented programming features with the use of classes that provide the common OOP features of abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. C++ is a C-based programming language that provides a direct mapping of hardware features and a low-level memory manipulation, and is also a general purpose programming language that could be used in various contexts.

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