Working With Projects

In the Sun WorkShop^TM 6 programming environment, a project is a list of files and compiler, debugger, and build-related options used to build an executable, a static library/archive, a shared library, a Fortran application, a complex application, or a user makefile application.

In previous versions of Sun WorkShop, a workset was used instead of a project. A workset is a set of all of the recent items you have accessed that are associated with your development projects: source files, build targets, programs, experiments, source browsing directories, workspaces (if Sun WorkShop Teamware^TM code management tools are installed), and Sun WorkShop Visual design files.

Projects still have a workset aspect (there continue to be menu picklists that make it easy to access directories and files associated with a project), but a project knows more about your program: it knows which source files you want to build and how you want them built. If you have Sun WorkShop worksets, you can automatically convert your worksets to Sun WorkShop 6 projects when you load them (see Converting a Workset to a Project).

When you start Sun WorkShop, the Welcome to Sun WorkShop Dialog Box opens and gives you immediate access to Sun WorkShop projects and the project wizard. Sun WorkShop also has project functions available from the Project Menu in the WorkShop Main Window to help you:

• Create a new project or build a simple program using the project wizard and your own makefile or a makefile Sun WorkShop creates for you (see Creating a New Project)
• Change existing project settings, including how you want your project compiled and whether you want source browsing information generated (see Editing a Project and Edit Current Project Window).

You can also choose to use the Sun WorkShop 6 programming environment without loading a project. Picklists keep track of the files, programs, directories, and targets associated with your development projects (see WorkShop Targets for more information). You can access each file, build target, debug executable from the menus in the WorkShop Main Window . Build target information cannot be edited because it is not persistent; rather, it changes as you access, add, and remove build targets.