I would like to do some C++ development on Windows using Eclipse and the CDT plugin. I use Eclipse Helios and have installed the CDT plugin. But after that I can still not create a C++ project from File > New > Project, there is still only Java Project available there.
How to solve this? and do I have to install anything more for C++ development on Windows?
First, see if the C/C++ perspective is available. Go to Window > Open Perspective > Other... and you should see a C/C++ option. If so, select it. This will change the layout of the File > New menu by putting the C/C++ project options at the top level.
One other thing that has tripped me up before is the JRE that Eclipse is using. I was using an older JRE (<1.5) and it would not allow me to use the CDT plugin until I upgraded.
You could check the Problems tab in the default perspective to see if Eclipse is having any problems loading its plug-ins.
As to the second question, you will probably need to install Cygwin or MinGW, which provide the compiler tools you will need to actually compile code.