Summary
One of the reasons for the success of Eclipse is that it is essentially an open
source platform for creating an extensible integrated development
environment. Because it is open source anyone can build tools that integrate
seamlessly 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 exactly
the same way as other plug-ins.
This book provides an introduction and overview of the entire process of plugin
development, including all the best practices to achieve high-quality results.
It is a reference book for experienced Eclipse developers. It also discusses the
APIs and demonstrates many samples and examples. Detailed tutorials are
provided for both new and experienced developers. The Eclipse SWT UI is
introduced as the building block for Eclipse UI development.
Author(s) Expertise
ERIC CLAYBERG (Middleton, MA)is Senior VP for Product Development
for Instantiations, an Advanced IBM Business Partner and leading developer of
commercial add-ons for Eclipse, IBM VisualAge, and IBM WebSphere.
DAN RUBEL (Glenshaw, PA), Instantations' CTO, is an entrepreneur and
expert in object-oriented design and development. He has served as primary
architect and product manager for several successful commercial products.
Audience
Target audience is Eclipse users who want to customize the IDE, e.g., to
develop tools for their company's employees or to sell tools that connect to
their products. This book assumes the reader knows Java and how to use
Eclipse and has a fairly good understanding of the Standard Widget Toolkit
(SWT) and, or, Swing.
The CD/DVD/Web Site
Code samples, errata, tools used in the book and other resources available
online at the authors' web site-- www.qualityeclipse.com
One of the reasons for the success of Eclipse is that it is essentially an open
source platform for creating an extensible integrated development
environment. Because it is open source anyone can build tools that integrate
seamlessly 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 exactly
the same way as other plug-ins.
This book provides an introduction and overview of the entire process of plugin
development, including all the best practices to achieve high-quality results.
It is a reference book for experienced Eclipse developers. It also discusses the
APIs and demonstrates many samples and examples. Detailed tutorials are
provided for both new and experienced developers. The Eclipse SWT UI is
introduced as the building block for Eclipse UI development.
Author(s) Expertise
ERIC CLAYBERG (Middleton, MA)is Senior VP for Product Development
for Instantiations, an Advanced IBM Business Partner and leading developer of
commercial add-ons for Eclipse, IBM VisualAge, and IBM WebSphere.
DAN RUBEL (Glenshaw, PA), Instantations' CTO, is an entrepreneur and
expert in object-oriented design and development. He has served as primary
architect and product manager for several successful commercial products.
Audience
Target audience is Eclipse users who want to customize the IDE, e.g., to
develop tools for their company's employees or to sell tools that connect to
their products. This book assumes the reader knows Java and how to use
Eclipse and has a fairly good understanding of the Standard Widget Toolkit
(SWT) and, or, Swing.
The CD/DVD/Web Site
Code samples, errata, tools used in the book and other resources available
online at the authors' web site-- www.qualityeclipse.com