Installing Spring IDE Plugin in Eclipse using update site

Prerequisites

Before starting ensure that you have the following installed:

• Eclipse 3.3 with WTP - http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jee.php
• Spring Framework - http://www.springframework.org/download
   For completeness, it's best if you install the version with depedencies 

If you know how to install eclipse plugin, use the Eclipse Software Update wizard to go to the SpringIDE update site to download the latest version (http://springide.org/updatesite).  Otherwise you can follow the tutorial.

Spring IDE

Spring IDE is an eclipse plug-in that helps in developing Spring Application. First we will see how to install the Spring IDE and later we will create our first Spring project using it.
To install Spring IDE, Go to Help -> Software Updates.

Click the "Add Site" button and enter "http://springide.org/updatesite" in the Add Site popup.

Select all the Spring IDE features and click Install.

Once the installation is complete you are done. Now let's see -  how to create the hello world example using the Spring IDE.