BRIDGES Java with Eclipse IDE

• If you do not have Eclipse installed, download it from the Eclipse site and install it on your computer .

• Visit the Bridges main page and create yourself an account by clicking the login button on the top navigation bar. Click "Sign Up! near the bottom of the page"
• Please ensure that your user id is devoid of spaces (good idea to use your school email id), as it will be used as part of the web link for your projects.
• After creating your account, click the profile tab in the upper right corner. Here you will see your account details and API Key; you will need this API key later in the tutorial(as well as in every BRIDGES program you write).
• NOTE: Make sure to remember your password. There is no password recovery option, and you can only have one account per email address.

Step 3: Create a Java Project File-->New-->Java Project
Step 4: Check Java version In the new window, change the Project name field to your project name, then make sure the JRE Execution Environmen is JavaSE-8 or above . Here we are using Java version 17. Click Finish in the lower right-hand corner.
Step 5a: Import Jar File into project Download the latest Bridges Jar file from Bridges home page and save it somewhere convenient on your drive. In Eclipse, right-click on your project in the Package Explorer window and then click on Build Path --> Add External Archives. This should open your system's file explorer.
Step 5b: Import BRIDGES Jar file Locate and select the Bridges.jar file you saved earlier (bridges-java-LATEST.jar) to import it into your project.
Step 6: Verification To verify that you have successfully imported the Jar file, look under the Referenced Libraries section of your project in the Package Explorer window in Eclipse. If the bridges Jar file shows up under this section, you have completed the setup and are ready to build the Singly Linked List class!
Step 7. Load and Run a BRIDGES Example program. Go to this BRIDGES Tutorial and copy/paste the Java tutorial program into the main window into a new file. Make sure the file name matches the class name! Initialize the Bridges object with an assignment number (can be any num) and your user ID and api key from earlier. Run the program by hitting the Run button (Run it as a Java application) You will see a web link printed on the console. Navigate to the site to visualize the output. Congratulations!