To get STS Eclipse 3.8, perform the following steps:
- After the download, unzip the file using WinZip or 7ZIP to your filesystem.
- Update its VM usage to enhance performance through making the heap grow to a larger amount by adding the -vmargs command to the eclipse.ini file inside the installation folder, or by appending to the Eclipse shortcut's target property. Following the command are the following Java heap memory configurations:
-Xms512m -Xmx1024m
- Go to the installation folder <installation_folder>sts-bundlests-3.8.3.RELEASE and run STS.exe.
- Running STS.exe will result in launching your workspace launcher. Create an Eclipse workspace as shown as follows:
- Then, you are now ready to create code snippets.