Very good reference for Eclipse.

Prof. Steve Holzner is an authority in Java and has many books to his credit. Prof. Holzner's

expertise and patience is well brought in this book with adequate explanation of the different aspects

of Eclipse.

The book is full of screen prints that adequately explain how the screen would look while using the

built-in features of eclipse. the author has taken the time to take different scenarios and ways to

work around the different problems encountered while using the tool to develop Java applications. to

demonstrate some of the features, the author debugs a sample program and identifies the errors

commonly encountered and ways to resolve the errors.

as mentioned at the beginning book, this book does not intend to teach programming aspects of Java but

the features and the nuances built in the tool. The author has taken the time to explain how the

tool integrates with ANT and TOMCAT.

although this book was written with Eclipse 2.x, the author indicates the features that would be built

in eclipse 3.x. the author's style is simple and straight to the point. it is a well written book

and an excellent reference on eclipse 3.0. the book has earned a place in my shelf.

Other Reviews

• Good book for those use to simpler editors
• too much padding
• Handy Starters' Reference to Eclipse
• Somewhat basic for a cookbook...
• Very good reference for Eclipse.