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Eclipse Plug-in Development Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

By : Alex Blewitt
Book Image

Eclipse Plug-in Development Beginner's Guide - Second Edition

By: Alex Blewitt

Overview of this book

Eclipse is used by everyone from indie devs to NASA engineers. Its popularity is underpinned by its impressive plug-in ecosystem, which allows it to be extended to meet the needs of whoever is using it. This book shows you how to take full advantage of the Eclipse IDE by building your own useful plug-ins from start to finish. Taking you through the complete process of plug-in development, from packaging to automated testing and deployment, this book is a direct route to quicker, cleaner Java development. It may be for beginners, but we're confident that you'll develop new skills quickly. Pretty soon you'll feel like an expert, in complete control of your IDE. Don't let Eclipse define you - extend it with the plug-ins you need today for smarter, happier, and more effective development.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Eclipse Plug-in Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – creating an account at Eclipse


All Eclipse foundation systems use the same account information, including name and e-mail address. In order to participate in the Eclipse foundation systems, an account is required.

  1. Go to the https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/ page to create an account. This contains the terms of use (visible at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/termsofuse.php) and the privacy policy (visible at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/privacy.php).

  2. There are additional options which may be relevant, such as signing up for the Eclipse newsletter and an explicit checkbox to say that you have read the terms and privacy policy. This sign-up page may change from time to time.

  3. Click on the Create Account button and a new user account will be created with the given name and e-mail address. There may be an additional e-mail confirmation step to verify that the e-mail address step is correct.

  4. Once the account is created, log in to the site at https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/ to verify...