Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins (Eclipse Series)

The book is focused on providing developers with the definitive resource to which they can turn for in-depth knowledge and practical solutions to challenges encountered when extending the Eclipse environment for commercial use. The authors use a very practical approach to teaching Eclipse. They begin by introducing the Eclipse development environment, and outlining the process of building a simple plugin. The rest of the book is focused on describing each of the various aspects of plugin development and furnishes in-depth knowledge of how to solve the various challenges involved. Sometimes a developer needs a quick solution, while at other times that same developer needs to gain deeper knowledge of a particular aspect of Eclipse development. The intent is to provide several different ways for the reader to absorb and use the information so that both needs can be addressed.