How to create projects in Eclipse IDE?

1. Close the 'Welcome' screen if you are launching the application for the first time as shown below:



2. Ensure the panes shown in the below image are displayed:


3. Click on 'File' Menu and select New -> Project option as shown below


4. Ensure that 'New Project' dialog with 'Select a wizard' text is displayed as shown below:



5. Scroll down in the 'Select a wizard' dialog and double click on  'Java Project' under the 'Java' folder as shown below:


6. Ensure that 'New Java Project' dialog is displayed as shown below:



7. In 'New Java Project' dialog, provide a Project Name (for example say 'First Project') as shown below:


8. In 'New Java Project' dialog -> under 'JRE' column, select 'Use a project specific jre' radio option and select any version (in this example say jre7) in the corresponding dropdown field as shown below: (So every time you create a project you have the select the java version that you want to use with the project)


9. Click on 'Finish' button on the 'New Java Project' dialog
10. Ensure that 'Open Associated Perspective?' dialog with text 'This kind of project is associated with Java perspective' is displayed as shown below ( Click on 'Yes' button this dialog)


11. Ensure that a 'New Project' is created under the Package explorer pane as shown below: (In this example it is named as 'First Project' )