Tour of the UI

Eclipse and the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT) provides a rich collection of views, editors, wizards and preference windows for performing C++ development. The Symbian plug-ins for Eclipse extend this user interface so that you can perform the tasks involved in Symbian development from the Eclipse workbench, instead of needing to use the Symbian command-line toolchain.

When you work with a Symbian C++ project, the workbench uses the Carbide C/C++ perspective, which will look something like this:

For more information on the standard CDT views, refer to the C/C++ Development Toolkit documentation.

The Symbian plug-ins also add new wizards and editors. You can use these to: