Getting ready

Download and install the latest version from the Eclipse download page (specifically Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers), http://www.eclipse.org/downloads.

There is an Eclipse extension for Vaadin, which helps us with the creation of Vaadin projects, widget set compilation, and so on. The instructions on how to install the extension are at http://vaadin.com/eclipse.

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps in order to create a new project in Eclipse IDE:

How it works...

Let's have a look at what has been generated by Eclipse.

The following table explains the content of the important directories:

There's more...

Now we can try to change the code inside the HellovaadinUI class, so the application prints out the name of the system user.

String user = System.getProperty("user.name");
Label label = new Label("Hello Vaadin user: " + user);
layout.addComponent(label);