This insightful hands-on book gives Java developers exactly what they're looking for-clear and concise coverage of this exciting new integrated development environment. In the O'Reilly tradition, this book is tightly focused and real-world oriented, with no fluff. It covers all aspects of Eclipse-all the menus, preferences, views, perspectives, editors, team and debugging techniques-and how they're used every day by thousands of developers. Hands-on skills are developed and emphasized through dozens of examples presented throughout the book. Bulleted lists make clear all the Eclipse options available to the reader at any point.

Preface

ix

1. Essential Eclipse

1

(27)

Eclipse and Java

1

(3)

Getting Eclipse

4

(2)

Understanding Eclipse

6

(3)

Views and Perspectives

9

(2)

Working with Eclipse

11

(11)

Using Quick Fix

22

(3)

A Word About Project Management

25

(3)

2. Java Development

28

(36)

Developing Java Code

28

(11)

Building and Running Code

39

(7)

Creating Javadoc

46

(1)

Refactoring

47

(7)

Some Essential Skills

54

(3)

Customizing the Development Environment

57

(7)

3. Testing and Debugging

64

(29)

Testing with JUnit

64

(10)

Debugging

74

(19)

4. Working in Teams

93

(22)

How Source Control Works

93

(1)

Understanding CVS

93

(2)

Finding a CVS Server

95

(1)

Adding a Project to the CVS Repository

96

(19)

5. Building Eclipse Projects Using Ant

115

(15)

Working with Ant

115

(3)

JARing Your Output

118

(6)

Configuring Ant in Eclipse

124

(3)

Catching Errors in Build Files

127

(3)

6. GUI Programming: From Applets to Swing

130

(19)

Creating AWT Applications

133

(2)

Creating Swing Applications

135

(7)

Using Eclipse Plug-ins

142

(1)

Using the V4ALL Plug-in

142

(7)

7. SWT: Buttons, Text, Labels, Lists, Layouts, and Events

149

(21)

Java Graphics

149

(1)

An SWT Example

150

(8)

Working with Buttons

158

(5)

Working with Composites and Layouts

163

(2)

Working with Lists

165

(2)

Using V4ALL with SWT

167

(3)

8. SWT: Menus, Toolbars, Sliders, Trees, and Dialogs

170

(25)

Working with Menus

170

(5)

Working with Toolbars

175

(4)

Working with Sliders

179

(4)

Working with Trees

183

(3)

Working with Dialogs

186

(5)

Opening Internet Explorer in an SWT Window

191

(4)

9. Web Development

195

(24)

Installing and Testing Tomcat

195

(2)

Creating a JSP

197

(2)

Creating a Servlet

199

(3)

Creating a Servlet in Place

202

(3)

Connecting to a JavaBean

205

(2)

Using the Sysdeo Tomcat Plug-in

207

(8)

Deploying Web Applications

215

(4)

10. Developing Struts Applications with Eclipse

219

(23)

Struts and Eclipse

219

(3)

Creating the View

222

(3)

Creating the Controller

225

(4)

Creating the Model

229

(5)

Using the Easy Struts Plug-in

234

(8)

11. Developing a Plug-in: The Plug-in Development Environment, Manifests, and Extension Points

242

(19)

All You Really Need Is plugin.xml

243

(1)

Using the Plug-in Development Environment

244

(4)

Using the Run-time Workbench

248

(2)

Creating a Standard Plug-in

250

(11)

12. Developing a Plug-in: Creating Editors and Views

261

(17)

Creating a Multi-Page Editor

261

(8)

Creating a View

269

(6)

Deploying a Plug-in

275

(3)

13. Eclipse 3.0

278

(19)

A Look at Eclipse 3.0

278

(1)

Creating a Java Project

279

(3)

Changes to the Eclipse Platform

282

(6)

Changes to the Java Development Tools

288

(7)

Other Changes

295

(2)

Index

297

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