Eclipse Plug-Ins - Eric Clayberg

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SummaryOne of the reasons for the success of Eclipse is that it is essentially an opensource platform for creating an extensible integrated developmentenvironment. Because it is open source anyone can build tools that integrateseamlessly with the environment and other tools.Plugins are what make this seamless integration of tools with Eclipse possible.With the exception of a small run-time kernel, everything in Eclipse is a plugin.This means that any plug-in you develop integrates with Eclipse in exactlythe same way as other plug-ins.This book provides an introduction and overview of the entire process of plugindevelopment, including all the best practices to achieve high-quality results.It is a reference book for experienced Eclipse developers. It also discusses theAPIs and demonstrates many samples and examples. Detailed tutorials areprovided for both new and experienced developers. The Eclipse SWT UI isintroduced as the building block for Eclipse UI development.Author(s) ExpertiseERIC CLAYBERG (Middleton, MA)is Senior VP for Product Developmentfor Instantiations, an Advanced IBM Business Partner and leading developer ofcommercial add-ons for Eclipse, IBM VisualAge, and IBM WebSphere.DAN RUBEL (Glenshaw, PA), Instantations' CTO, is an entrepreneur andexpert in object-oriented design and development. He has served as primaryarchitect and product manager for several successful commercial products.AudienceTarget audience is Eclipse users who want to customize the IDE, e.g., todevelop tools for their company's employees or to sell tools that connect totheir products. This book assumes the reader knows Java and how to useEclipse and has a fairly good understanding of the Standard Widget Toolkit(SWT) and, or, Swing.The CD/DVD/Web SiteCode samples, errata, tools used in the book and other resources availableonline at the authors' web site-- www.qualityeclipse.com

I'm often asked, 'What are the best books about Eclipse?' Number one on my list, every time, is Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins. I find it to be the clearest and most relevant book about Eclipse for the real-world software developer. Other Eclipse books focus on the internal Eclipse architecture or on repeating the Eclipse documentation, whereas this book is laser focused on the issues and concepts that matter when you're trying to build a product. -- Bjorn Freeman-Benson Director, Open Source Process, Eclipse Foundation As the title suggests, this massive tome is intended as a guide to best practices for writing Eclipse plug-ins. I think in that respect it succeeds handily. Before you even think about distributing a plug-in you've written, read this book. -- Ernest Friedman-Hill Sheriff, JavaRanch.com If you're looking for just one Eclipse plug-in development book that will be your guide, this is the one. While there are other books available on Eclipse, few dive as deep as Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins. -- Simon Archer Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins was an invaluable training aid for all of our team members. In fact, training our team without the use of this book as a base would have been virtually impossible. It is now required reading for all our developers and helped us deliver a brand-new, very complex product on time and on budget thanks to the great job this book does of explaining the process of building plug-ins for Eclipse. -- Bruce Gruenbaum This is easily one of the most useful books I own. If you are new to developing Eclipse plug-ins, it is a 'must-have' that will save you lots of time and effort. You will find lots of good advice in here, especially things that will help add a whole layer of professionalism and completeness to any plug-in. The book is very focused, well-structured, thorough, clearly written, and doesn't contain a single page of 'waffly page filler.' The diagrams explaining the relationships between the different components and manifest sections are excellent and aid in understanding how everything fits together. This book goes well beyond Actions, Views, and Editors, and I think everyone will benefit from the authors' experience. I certainly have. -- Tony Saveski The authors of this seminal book have decades of proven experience with the most productive and robust software engineering technologies ever developed. Their experiences have now been well applied to the use of Eclipse for more effective Java development. A must-have for any serious software engineering professional! -- Ed Klimas Just wanted to also let you know this is an excellent book! Thanks for putting forth the effort to create a book that is easy to read and technical at the same time! -- Brooke Hedrick The key to developing great plug-ins for Eclipse is understanding where and how to extend the IDE, and that's what this book gives you. It is a must for serious plug-in developers, especially those building commercial applications. I wouldn't be without it. -- Brian Wilkerson