Features, Update Sites, Applications and Products – putting it together
Eclipse is much more than just an application; its plug-in architecture allows additional functionality to be installed. Plug-ins can be grouped into features, and both can be hosted on an update site. These allow functionality to be installed into an existing application, but it's also possible to build your own applications and products.
In this chapter, we shall:
Create a feature that combines plug-ins
Generate an update site containing features and plug-ins
Categorize the update site
Create an application
Create and export a product
Use a target platform to compile against a specific version of Eclipse