This is a truly hands-on book for developing Eclipse plug-ins. A whole series of "Time for Action" sections gets you involved in practical examples that teach you everything from the very basics to more advanced activities. Overview <ul>
<li>Create plug-ins to extend the Eclipse runtime covering Eclipse 3.x and the changes required for Eclipse 4.x</li> <li>Plug-ins from design to distribution — wide coverage of the entire process</li> <li>No prior OSGi or Eclipse plug-in development experience necessary</li> </ul>
In Detail As 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. "Eclipse Plugin 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. This 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. Example-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. What you will learn from this book <ul>
<li>How to create plug-ins for Eclipse 3.x and 4.x and automatically test plug-ins with JUnit</li> <li>How to display tree and table information in views</li> <li>What are the specific differences between the Eclipse 3.x model and the Eclipse 4.x model</li> <li>How and when to build user interfaces from SWT and JFace</li> <li>How to run tasks in the background and update the user interface asynchronously</li> <li>How to build plug-ins, features and update sites with Maven Tycho and automate user interface tests with SWTBot</li> <li>How to store and obtain preferences, and how to integrate with the Preferences panel</li> <li>How to work with the Eclipse resources model for creating and updating files and reporting errors to the user</li> </ul>
Approach A 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. Who this book is written for This 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.

Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example: Beginners's Guide

Computers & Technology

Blewitt, Alex

Networking & Cloud Computing

Packt Pub Ltd

Build modular applications on Eclipse by defining custom extension points and using OSGi servicesAbout This Book<ul>
<li>Master Eclipse plug-in development with this example-based and practical guide</li> <li>Define new JFace wizards, custom extension points, and new commands for the Eclipse console</li> <li>Get to grips with OSGI services and events to dynamically wire applications and communicate between plug-ins</li> </ul>Who This Book Is ForIf you are a Java developer who is familiar with the Eclipse plug-in environment, this book covers the advanced concepts that you need to know to achieve true expertise. Prior experience in creating Eclipse plug-ins is assumed for this book.What You Will Learn<ul>
<li>Create a custom extension point to allow other plug-ins to contribute</li> <li>Employ Declarative Services and Blueprint for dynamic OSGi contributions</li> <li>Extend the Common Navigator Framework to provide nested content</li> <li>Build commands to extend the built-in Gogo shell</li> <li>Use fragments to contribute native code to plug-ins</li> <li>Fix code using the service loader and wrap non-OSGi-friendly JARs</li> <li>Discover how to build modular applications with decoupled design patterns</li> </ul>In DetailMastering Eclipse Plug-in Development shows you how to build an extensible application using custom extension points and dynamic OSGi services in Eclipse. Dynamic design patterns such as whiteboard and extender are covered along with specific techniques to deal with native and legacy code. This book dives right into the details and teaches you how to define new JFace wizards and extend Eclipse with custom extension points. Then the book moves quickly on to the details of how to define new commands for the Eclipse console and how to include native code in a plug-in. You will engage with modular application design patterns and Thread Context ClassLoaders before getting the details on how to create as well as manage P2 sites and write help documentation for an Eclipse plug-in.

Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development

Web Development & Design

Key Features
<ul>
<li>Gets you up and running with Swift programming without any prior iOS development experience.</li>
<li>A fast paced guide showing best practices and lets you get up to speed with Swift to quickly build your own iOS applications</li>
<li>A unique practical approach to make your life with Swift easy.</li>
</ul>Book DescriptionSwift was considered one of the biggest innovations last year, and certainly with Swift 2 announced at WWDC in 2015, this segment of the developer space will continue to be hot and dominating.
This is a fast-paced guide to provide an overview of Swift programming and then walks you through in detail how to write iOS applications. Progress through chapters on custom views, networking, parsing and build a complete application as a Git repository, all by using Swift as the core languageWhat you will learn<ul>
<li>Dive into Swift and explore its innovative and powerful syntax</li>
<li>Work with Swift in Xcode to get a unique and productive approach to development</li>
<li>Find out how to create complete iOS applications</li>
<li>Discover rapid prototyping with a Swift playground</li>
<li>Get to know how to use the Swift storyboard to develop multi-page applications</li>
<li>Get to grips with parsing JSON and XML data from network sources</li>
<li>Build a network client for GitHub repositories, with full source code on GitHub</li>
</ul>About the AuthorDr Alex Blewitt has over 20 years of experience in Objective-C, and he has been using Apple frameworks since NeXTstep 3.0. He upgraded his NeXTstation for a TiBook when Apple released Mac OS X in 2001, and he has been developing on it ever since.
Alex currently works for an investment bank in London, writes for the online technology news site InfoQ, and has published two other books for Packt Publishing. He also has a number of apps on the Apple AppStore through Bandlem Limited. When he's not working on technology and if the weather is nice, he likes to go flying from the nearby Cranfield airport.
Alex writes regularly at his blog, http://alblue.bandlem.com, as well tweeting regularly on Twitter as @alblue.Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Exploring Swift</li>
<li>Playing with Swift</li>
<li>Creating an iOS Swift App</li>
<li>Storyboard Applications with Swift and iOS</li>
<li>Creating Custom Views in Swift</li>
<li>Parsing Networked Data</li>
<li>Building a Repository Browser</li>
<li>Adding Watch Support</li>
<li>References to Swift-related Websites, Blogs, and Notable Twitter Users</li>
</ol>

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Eclipse 4 Plug-in Development by Example: Beginners's Guide

Mastering Eclipse Plug-in Development

Swift Essentials