This tutorial will guide you through configuring Eclipse for Python. Ensure you have followed the tutorial on installing Eclipse first.
You need to install PyDev. Open Eclipse. Click Help–>Install New Software. In the “work with” put “http://pydev.org/updates” and click Add. Follow the prompts and you are done for now.
You also need to ensure you have installed Python 3.6. You can get it from here. You should add the environment variable “PYTHON_HOME” and enter the python directory. I would also add “%PYTHON_HOME%\;%PYTHON_HOME%\Scripts” to your “path” environment variable.
I would also at this time install PIP. Just to make sure you have everything you will need. You will need to download “get-pip.py“. You will need to put it into the “Scripts” folder where you install Python 3.6. Navigate into your Scripts folder and then run “python get-pip.py”.
Once PyDev is installed and you have restarted Eclipse. Open PyDev perspective. Go to Window–>Perspective–>Open Perspective–>Other. Then select PyDev and click Ok.
Optional:
TypeScript IDE:
Used for React. It’s really handy. Open Eclipse. Click Help–>Install New Software. In the “work with” put “http://oss.opensagres.fr/typescript.ide/1.1.0/” and click Add. Follow the prompts and you are done for now. make sure you select “Embed Node.js” and “TypeScript IDE”.
HTML Editor:
Used for HTML files. Click Help –> Eclipse Marketplace. Search for “HTML Editor”. Then click install. After it is installed and Eclipse is restarted Click Window –> Preferences –> Web. Under “HTML Files” change encoding to “ISO 10646/Unicode(UTF-8). Under “Editor” add “div”. You can get more info and configuration from here.