I have followed a few tutorials, but I dont know how to. I am new to java and eclipse. How do I set up the project? I dont get the whole workspace thing, how do I start from the absolute beginning. I know other programming languages so I am not new to programming. Just java and eclipse.

Have you tried NetBeans, I didn't really get on with Eclipse. http://www.netbeans.org/ It's sponsor by Oracle too.