[news.eclipse.tools] [Newbie] Running single files

[Wald <arnout.standaert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I'm involved in a small Java introductory course which, of course, 
uses a number of one-file helloworld-type example java programs. Now, 
I'm myself very interested in Eclipse as a java IDE, but I'm afraid 
it's not to be designed for this kind of thing. There isn't a way to 
open and compile individual java files, the only way seems to create 
a new project, then "Import..." the file and build and run 
the project. This is, of course, a very complex procedure for running 
a single .java file.

I'm using JCreator LE for now to do this kind of elementary write-
class compile-class run-class cycle. Is there any way to do this in 
Eclipse, too?

Thanks in advance for your patience with a total newbie,

Wald