Eclipse Plug-in Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition

Develop skills to build powerful plug-ins with Eclipse IDE through examples

person icon Dr Alex Blewitt

ebook icon Packt Publishing

language icon Language - English

updated on icon Updated on Oct, 2020

category icon Development ,Programming Languages,

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Pages : 458

ISBN : 9781783980697

Language : English

About the Book

Book description

Eclipse is used by everyone from indie devs to NASA engineers. Its popularity is underpinned by its impressive plug-in ecosystem, which allows it to be extended to meet the needs of whoever is using it. This book shows you how to take full advantage of the Eclipse IDE by building your own useful plug-ins from start to finish.

Taking you through the complete process of plug-in development, from packaging to automated testing and deployment, this book is a direct route to quicker, cleaner Java development. It may be for beginners, but we're confident that you'll develop new skills quickly. Pretty soon you'll feel like an expert, in complete control of your IDE.

Don't let Eclipse define you - extend it with the plug-ins you need today for smarter, happier, and more effective development.

Features

Create useful plug-ins to make Eclipse work for you
Learn how to migrate Eclipse 3.x plug-ins to Eclipse 4.x
From automation to testing, find out how to get your IDE performing at an impressive standard

Learn

Create plug-ins for Eclipse 4.x
Test plug-ins automatically with JUnit
Display tree and table information in views
Upgrade Eclipse 3.x plug-ins to Eclipse 4.x
Find out how to build user interfaces from SWT and JFace
Run tasks in the background and update the user interface asynchronously
Automate builds of plug-ins and features
Automate user interface tests with SWTBot

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<a href="https://market.tutorialspoint.com/author/dr_alex_blewitt">Dr Alex Blewitt</a>

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