Programming Forums - WANTED: Someone who knows how to use Eclipse

Hello, I went to register for this site a few minutes ago and it said the name "glopal" was already taken. So I tryed logging on it it says the last time I logged on to this account was 2 years ago, back when I was learning C++. Thought it was kinda funny.

Anyways. I've recently finished the java course at my high school, but I want to continue in java, I really like the language. So what I'm trying to do right now is learn how to make an applet. The problem is that the IDE my class used was FreeJava, which it turns out, is very useless (and discontinued). I liked it, it was very simple and easy to use, but you cant make applets in it... so I've spent the last week or so trying some other compilers... I'm COMPLETELY clueless. I have some sample code of an applet I want to compile, but I've had no luck. I've tryed borland, netbeans and now eclipse, I seem to like eclipse the best (why I dont know, considering I cant work any of them).

So. I'm wondering if anyone could walk me through eclipse, perferrably over msn messenger. I know thats a lot to ask, but I promise it wont take long, I just want the skills to compile a little applet.

My MSN Passport is:
glopal@gmail.com