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I'm new to development and I'm sure this is a silly question but i can't work out how i should be backing-up copies of my project. When everything's working right i want to save a copy/make a back-up so that if i ever mess everything up i'll have something i can go back to, but of course it's not as simple as just copying a file like i normally would for anything else. Sorry for the silly query, but if someone could point me in the right direction as to how i should go about this that would be great!
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You can back up your project directory (just make a copy, zip, etc) but I would advise you to have a look at version management (cvs, subversion, git, whatever you like). With version management you can go back to any state, create different development branches etc...
Even without resorting to a version management, Eclipse provides a similar feature: in the Preferences, go to General -> Workspace -> Local History
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When everything's working right i want to save a copy/make a back-up so that if i ever mess everything up i'll have something i can go back to
A version control system is perfect for you. Eclipse allows to clone your repository into a version control system such as CVS, SVN, Mercurial, Clearcase, Git, etc.
For me, I use Mercurial (previously using SVN), and its Eclipse plugin can be found on JavaForge.
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