Altera Nios II - Manual (Page 18)

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Nios II Development Kit Getting Started User Guide May 2007
Starting the Nios II Development Tools
4. If the Workspace Launcher dialog box displays when the Nios II
IDE starts, click OK to accept the default workspace directory.
5. If this is not the first time you are running the Nios II IDE, look for
the highlighted Nios II C/C++ button on the perspective's tab (see
upper-right portion of
Figure 1–5 ) to verify that you are using the
Nios II C/C++ perspective. If you are not using the Nios II C/C++
perspective, point to Open Perspective on the Window menu, and
then either click Nios II C/C++, or click Other... and then double-
click Nios II C/C++.
Building a First Software Project
To create a simple Hello World project, perform the following steps:
1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Nios II C/C++
Application
. The New Project wizard for Nios II C/C++
applications appears. See Figure 1–3 .