ECLIPSE - BUILDING COMMERCIAL-QUALITY PUG-INS

Some folks use Eclipse as a great Java development IDE and leave it at that. But Eclipse is far more: It’s a platform that can be extended in virtually any direction, supporting an extraordinary range of new products. Of course, if you want to build extensions someone will actually pay for, you’d better pay attention to the details. Not just integration: user interfaces, change tracking, feature planning, product build, packaging, help systems, internationalization, maybe even branding. If you want to master everything that’s involved in building commercial-grade Eclipse extensions, Eric Clayberg and Dan Rubel are here to help. You can start from scratch with this book. The authors carefully introduce the Eclipse development environment, architecture, and the structure of plug-ins and extension points. You’ll walk step-by-step through building your first plug-in: one that you’ll use throughout the book for experimentation. There’s also a detailed introduction to user interface construction with SWT and JFace. But, unlike some books, the advanced stuff's here, too. Clayberg and Rubel make all of it easier with plenty of sample code, diagrams, screen shots, and so forth.