{"product_id":"9781782160335","title":"Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example Beginner's Guide","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a highly extensible platform, Eclipse is used by everyone from independent software developers to NASA. Key to this is Eclipse's plug-in ecosystem, which allows applications to be developed in a modular architecture and extended through its use of plug-ins and features.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example Beginner's Guide\" takes the reader through the full journey of plug-in development, starting with an introduction to Eclipse plug-ins, continued through packaging and culminating in automated testing and deployment. The example code provides simple snippets which can be developed and extended to get you going quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book covers basics of plug-in development, creating user interfaces with both SWT and JFace, and interacting with the user and execution of long-running tasks in the background.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExample-based tasks such as creating and working with preferences and advanced tasks such as well as working with Eclipse's files and resources. A specific chapter on the differences between Eclipse 3.x and Eclipse 4.x presents a detailed view of the changes needed by applications and plug-ins upgrading to the new model. Finally, the book concludes on how to package plug-ins into update sites, and build and test them automatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApproach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Beginner's Guide following the \"by Example\" approach. There will be 5-8 major examples that will be used in the book to develop advanced plugins with the Eclipse IDE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for Java developers who are familiar with Eclipse as a Java IDE and are interested in learning how to develop plug-ins for Eclipse. No prior knowledge of Eclipse plug-in development or OSGi is necessary, although you are expected to know how to create, run, and debug Java programs in Eclipse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing Pvt. Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183593799920,"sku":"9781782160335","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782160335_p0.jpg?v=1763720305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782160335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}