A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0321553462 ISBN-13: 9780321553461 "I'm often asked," What are the best books about Eclipse? "Number one on my list, every time, is Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-in Eclipse. I felt like the most obvious and most relevant book about Eclipse for the real-world software architecture Others Eclipse. Developers book an internal focus on or repeat Eclipse documentation, whereas this book is laser focused on the issues and concepts that matter when you try to build a product. " - Bjorn Freeman-Benson Director, Open Source Process, Eclipse Foundation "As the title suggests, this large tome is intended as a guide to best practices for writing Eclipse plug-ins. Now required reading for all our developers and helped us to provide products, brand-new complex on time and on budget thanks to the great work This book does not explain the process of building plug-ins for Eclipse. " - Bruce Gruenbaum "This is easily one of the most useful books I own. Thank you for putting forth the effort to make the book 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 that's what this book gives you. I will not be without it." - Brian Wilkerson "If you're looking for just one Eclipse plug-in development book that will be your guide, this is one of:. Although there are other books available in several Eclipse, diving as deep-Quality Building Commercial Eclipse Plug-ins." - Simon Archer Eclipse has established itself as a dominant force in the application-development space. The key success of Eclipse is the ability of developers to extend functionality by using plug-ins. The new edition of Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins is the definitive, start-to-end guide to building quality commercial Eclipse plug-ins, with an emphasis on adding the sophistication and polish that paying customers demand. This book provides a quick introduction to good use Eclipse for new users and a reference for experienced Eclipse users who wish to broaden their knowledge and improve the quality of Eclipse-based products. Revised to take advantage of pure Eclipse 3.1 and 3.2 APIs, this widely praised bestseller presents detailed, practical coverage of every aspect of the development of plug-ins and special solutions for the challenges developers are most likely to meetings. This edition is fully updated to address new advances for Eclipse developers. Includes a quick introduction to Eclipse for experienced Java programmers Serves as a systematic reference for experienced users of Eclipse Introduces all the tools you need to build Eclipse and Rational plug-ins Explains the architecture and structure of Eclipse plug-ins and extension points offering practical guidance to build the interface users with the Eclipse SWT and JFace Demonstrates how to use change tracking, perspectives, builders, markers, natures, and more Covers internationalization, help systems, features, and branding This book is designed for anyone who wants a deep understanding of Eclipse, and every experienced developer interested in extending Eclipse or the Rational Software Development Platform.