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Eclipse in Action A Guide for Java Developers David Gallardo, Ed Burnette and Robert McGovern 2003 | 416 pages ISBN: 1930110960 |
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$22.50 | PDF ebook | |
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$44.95 | Softbound print book | |
Book Reviews
"Very true to the essence of Manning's In Action series, this book is a very useful resource for specific training needs. This book is a must for Java developers who have never worked with the Eclipse IDE. It will enable them to start coding like experienced Eclipse users in no time. Then, when the basic features of the IDE no longer satisfy their needs, they will find the second part of the book and its appendixes very handy."
-- EclipseZone
"Wastes no time getting to the meat of development with Junit, Log4j, testing,
debugging, and Ant integration. Not to mention a chapter on CVS
integration. The book has everything that a developer needs during
the development life cycle of their project...Part 2 of Eclipse In Action deals with extending Eclipse and creating Eclipse plugins (the foundation of Eclipse).
These chapters give a great novice introduction into Eclipse plugin
development ..."
-- Utah PHP
Users Group
"...A better-than-complete user manual, since it presents a
broader view of the field and contains personal comments about the
tool. Each task is explained using a description, a list of the
steps to implement it, and adequate screen shots. I used this book
as an Eclipse beginner, and I was very satisfied with the clarity
of the presentation; I was able to quickly learn how to use
Eclipse. ... a great book about a great tool."
-- Computing Reviews, second review
"A detailed guide to the Eclipse integrated development
environment (IDE) framework. ...designed to provide the fastest way
of learning Eclipse as a Java IDE...
As a whole, the book contains very well-balanced material for
studying the basic operations in Eclipse version 2.1, as well as
advanced material to develop plug-ins. The code snippets are brief,
and demonstrate main ideas. The screenshots are not superfluous,
and complete the text. The chapters describing JUnit, Ant, and CVS
not only organically represent Eclipse as a tool platform, but are
also a gentle introduction to these tools...a perfect book for Java developers of all levels, as well as any developers who have experienced and survived the full
lifecycle of software development."
-- Computing Reviews, first review
"Continuing a recent trend from Manning this seems to be another
well edited book that is kept managable in size, yet still
containing a large amount of information. The book doesn't waste a
lot of time getting started, by chapter three you are already
learning about using JUnit, Log4J and the debugger. In later
chapters, the authors have you working with Ant and CVS after
working up a nice little example that that they even spend some
time refactoring using the built in features of Eclipse. ... So if
you thought that such a little book [383 pages] wouldn't cover much
more than what real newbie would need, you will be missing a good
book."
-- Amazon.com
"It will save you countless hours of frustration spent rummaging
around newsgroups looking for answers...Even if you've already been
using Eclipse for a while, Eclipse In Action can fill in the
gaps in your knowledge while providing you the foundation to begin
to explore Eclipse on the next level, that of plug-in
developer."
--
MyEclipseide.com
"...written with Java developers in mind and leads you through
the major functionality and extensibility of the IDE through
in-depth examples...you feel like you're getting real-life
experience by doing examples...easy and enjoyable to read...The
technical information is dead on...I'd definitely recommend this
book to anyone that wants to get the most out of Eclipse."
-- JavaRanch.com
"This book seems to have pitched itself well, not pandering to
the absolute Java newbie, not afraid to get down into the code and
yet gentle enough that newer Java developers can follow
easily...consider this book the User's Guide that would have been
in the box if Eclipse came shrink-wrapped."
-- Slashdot.org
DESCRIPTION
Covers Eclipse 2.1 Features:
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Eclipse is a new open-source, Java-based, extensible development platform designed for nothing in particular but everything in general. Because of its roots, it is currently most popular as a Java integrated development environment (IDE). Eclipse ships with plugins for writing and debugging Java code. Additional plugins for more advanced Java development, such as JSP/servlets, are available from third parties.
This book provides a thorough guide to using Eclipse features and plugins effectively in the context of real-world Java development. Realistic examples demonstrate how to use Eclipse effectively to build, test and debug applications using the tools provided by Eclipse and other third-party open source plugins. The reader will learn how to use plugin tools for using Eclipse in a team environment, including using Ant for more sophisticated build processes and CVS for source control. Plugin-ins for building web applications, using J2EE technologies, such as JSP/Servlets and EJB, are also discussed.
Complementing this coverage of Eclipse in the context of development is a reference providing a comprehensive guide to Eclipse. Because Eclipse and its plugins provide a remarkable array of features, it is often hard to learn what features are available and how they can be invoked. This reference lays things out clearly: feature-by-feature, menu-by-menu.
What's inside:
- Getting started with the Eclipse Workbench: Perspectives, views and editors
- Working effectively with the Eclipse JDT
- Adding unit tests with
JUnit, logging withlog4j - Team development with Ant and CVS
- Plugins for J2EE including the Sysdeo Tomcat plugin
- Developing Eclipse plugins
- Comprehensive Eclipse reference
ABOUT THE AUTHORS...
David Gallardo is an independent software consultant and author specializing in software internationalization, Java web applications, and database development. He has been a professional software engineer for over fifteen years and has experience with many operating systems, programming languages, and network protocols. He is also the author of "Java Oracle Database Development." He lives in El Paso, Texas.Ed Burnette is a Principal Systems Developer at SAS, where he has worked on such diverse projects as compilers, debuggers, device drivers, performance tuning, and UNIX ports. He also helped write several commercial computer games. Currently, Ed uses Eclipse in the development of OLAP servers, mid-tier providers, and clients written in a mixture of C, Java, and C#. He lives near Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Robert McGovern is a software developer for an international high voltage power supply company doing embedded development. He has a degree in Artificial Intelligence and is a member of the IEEE and the ACM. His personal interest is in Java & Ruby and he has been involved in computers and programming since the days of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Robert lives in West Sussex, England.