# Getting Eclipse Ready

Developing layout algorithms requires you to have the Eclipse Layout Kernel SDK installed in your Eclipse installation. Follow these steps to install it:

1. Start Eclipse and select Help - Install New Software… from the menu.
2. In the Work with: field, enter the address of our release or nightly update site, which you can find in our Downloads section.
3. From the Eclipse Layout Kernel category, check Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - SDK as well as Eclipse Layout Kernel (Incubation) - SDK (sources) and click Next.
4. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard, accepting all of the license agreements.
5. Restart Eclipse.

After the restart, there won’t seem to be much of a difference. Because there isn’t. But rest assured that your development environment is now perfectly prepared for what is about to come.

- Tool Developers
- Graph Data Structure
- Coordinate System
- Layout Options
- Spacing Options
- JSON Format
- ELK Text Format
- Using Algorithms Directly
- Using Plain Java Layout
- Using Eclipse Layout
- Connecting to ELK
- Advanced Configuration
- Layout View Support
- Dependency Injection
- Algorithm Developers
- Getting Eclipse Ready
- Creating a New Project
- ELK Metadata Language
- Automatic Builds
- Algorithm Implementation
- Structuring Algorithms
- Algorithm Debugging
- Random Graph Generation
- Unit Tests
- ELK Contributors
- Development Setup
- Development Workflow
- Installing With Oomph
- Building ELK