Eclipse Plug-ins (3rd Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0321553462 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 928 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
All code examples, relevant API listings, diagrams, and screen captures have been thoroughly updated to reflect both the Eclipse 3.4 API and the latest Java syntax. The authors carefully cover new functionality added to existing Eclipse features, such as views and editors, and fully explain brand-new features such as Commands, GEF, and PDE Build.This extensively revised edition Thoroughly covers Eclipse’s new preferencesIlluminates the powerful new Eclipse Command Framework, which replaces Eclipse&rs
He has more than seventeen years of commercial software development experience, including twelve years with Java and nine with Eclipse. He has a B.S. He is primary architect and product manager for many award-winning Java and Smalltalk products, including WindowBuilder Pro, CodePro, and VA Assist. Eric Clayberg is Senior VP for Product Development for Instantiations, Inc., an Advanced IBM Business Partner that serves on the Eclipse Foundation and contributes extensively to the Eclipse in
I wouldn’t be without it.”— Brian Wilkerson. Before you even think about distributing a plug-in you’ve written, read this book.”— Ernest Friedman-HillSheriff, JavaRanch “If you’re looking for just one Eclipse plug-in development book that will be your guide, this is the one. 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
"Too many forward references." according to skykam. The book contains a lot of useful information and may be a good reference, but is a very difficult read for someone trying to learn plugin development. The main problem I have with the writing is that you get lost in the forward references. Rather than build up information as they go along, the authors suddenly discuss something that you've not encountered yet and then reference a section somewhere ahead in the book where they cover that topic. If it were once or twice that would be forgivable, but it's pervasive. It's like parts of the book were written backwards and turns reading the book into a constant random access page-. Bing Cheng said this is a useless book. This is a useless book. The worst thing is that the authors changed the book's name in their version updating. So I mistakenly bought two same books.In the book, the book discussed many things that are not helpful after I go through.To future readers, please don't buy this book like me and waste your money!