How to configure eclipse plug-in for erlang

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/juno/sr2

Erlide Plugin

Configure eclipse for erlide

1. Help->install new software
2. One window will populate - add site address : http://erlide.org/update/
3. Click on “Select All” button and proceed with Next button.
4. It will ask for some agreement, click agree and then finally your eclipse is configured to use erlang plug in.
5. Now restart your eclipse.

Now configure plugin

1. Go to menu windows-> preferences
2. Now expand erlang tree and configure installed run times like given below

Creating a Hello World erlang program using eclipse:

1. Click File-> new ->erlang project
2. It will ask for some name give some name like testProject.
3. Suppose you gave project name testProject, then a folder in eclipse will be made which will contain many folder like src, ebin, include etc.
4. Now src and ebin are the ones which are of our usage.
5. In src folder we create our module for hello world.
6. Create module using manu File->New ->module
7. Below mentioned screen will appear

1. Fill detail as mentioned in the above figure.
2. Now click apply and then finish.
3. 11. Finally you have to create a module. Now you need to write code in this module for printing   Hello World.
4. Write below code

%% @author USER

 %% @doc @todo Add description to hello.

 -module(hello).

 %% ====================================================================

 %% API functions

 %% ====================================================================

 -export([say/0]).

 say()->

 "Hello World".

 %% ====================================================================

 %% Internal functions

 %% ====================================================================

Now compile erlang program using c(hello) and after that execute it using hello:say() command.