Eclipse Distilled In the "distilled" tradition this is a concise introduction to Eclipse for developers of all levels
Topics presented are essential knowledge to anyone using Eclipse to develop Java applications
Covers key software engineering techniques as they relate to Eclipse
Based on author Dave Carlson's experiences introducing Eclipse to development teams
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but this power and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers and sometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is to distill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java development capabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for senior developers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog of features and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile development and describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams. A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate the progress of a new project from its inception through several iterations of development, enhancement, and refactoring. Product Description
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but thispower and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers andsometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is todistill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java developmentcapabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for seniordevelopers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog offeatures and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile developmentand describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams.A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate theprogress of a new project from its inception through several iterations ofdevelopment, enhancement, and refactoring.
Features + Benefits
In the distilled tradition this is a concise introduction to Eclipse for developers of all levels
° Topics presented are essential knowledge to anyone using Eclipse to develop Java applications
° Covers key software engineering techniques as they relate to Eclipse
° Based on author Dave Carlson's experiences introducing Eclipse to development teams
Backcover
Eclipse Distilled
David Carlson
Foreword by Grady Booch
Series Editors
Erich Gamma Lee Nackman John Wiegand
A Concise Introduction to Eclipse for the Productive Programmer Organized for rapid access, focused on productivity, Eclipse Distilled brings together all the answers you need to make the most of today's most powerful Java development environment. David Carlson introduces proven best practices for working with Eclipse, and shows exactly how to integrate Eclipse into any Agile development process.
Part I shows how to customize workspaces, projects, perspectives, and views for optimal efficiency-and how to leverage Eclipse's rapid development, navigation, and debugging features to maximize both productivity and code quality. Part II focuses entirely on Agile development, demonstrating how Eclipse can simplify team ownership, refactoring, continuous testing, continuousintegration, and other Agile practices. Coverage includes
Managing Eclipse projects from start to finish: handling both content and complexity
Using perspectives, views, and editors to work more efficiently
Setting preferences to fit your own unique needs-or your team's
Leveraging Eclipse's powerful local and remote debugging tools
Understanding how Eclipse fits into contemporary iterative development processes
Performing continuous testing with JUnit in the Eclipse environment
Using Eclipse's wizard-assisted refactoring tools
Implementing continuous integration with Ant-based automated project builders
Employing best practices for code sharing with CVS and other repositories
By focusing on need-to-know information and providing best practices and methodologies, this book is designed to get you working with Eclipse quickly. Whether you're building enterprise systems, Eclipse plug-ins, or anything else, this concise book will help you write better code-and do it faster.
About the Author David Carlson is a developer, researcher, author, instructor, and consultant who thrives on innovative technology. He started using Java in 1995 and Eclipse in 2001. David has a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Arizona and is a frequent speaker at conferences and a contributor to technical journals. He is creator of the hyperModel plug-in for Eclipse, and author of Modeling XML Applications with UML (Addison-Wesley, 2001).
Cover photo: © archivberlin Fotoagentur GmbH / Alamy
Addison-Wesley
www.awprofessional.com/series/eclipse
ISBN 0-321-28815-7
$34.99 US $48.99 CANADA
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
About the Author.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
I. GETTING STARTED.
1. A Java IDE and So Much More!
Eclipse Platform Architecture
Other Eclipse Projects
Agile Development with Eclipse
Sample Application
Distilled
References
2. Hello Eclipse.
Installation and Startup
Eclipse IDE Workbench
Create a New Java Project
Run Your Application
Distilled
3. Managing Your Projects.
Your Project Workspace
Eclipse Resources
Planning Projects and Dependencies
Distilled
4. Customizing Your Workbench.
Perspectives
Workbench Views
Resource Editors
Preferences: Have It Your Way
Individual and Team Preferences
Distilled
5. Rapid Development.
Expanding the Product Catalog Design
Dynamic Duo: Editor and Outline
Using Content Assist
Using Quick Fix
Generate Getters and Setters
Exploring Hierarchies
Distilled
6. Java Project Configuration.
Java Build Path
Create Shared User Libraries
Java Compiler Settings
Create Code Templates for Logging
Distilled
References
7. Debugging Your Code.
Start a Debug Session
Inspecting and Displaying State
Managing Debug Sessions
Remote Java Applications
Distilled
II. GETTING AGILE.
8. Characteristics of Agile Development.
The Agile Manifesto
Iterative Development
Agile Development and Eclipse
Distilled
References
9. Updating the Eclipse IDE.
Finding and Installing Features
Installing Plug-ins Without Features
Setting Update Preferences
Distilled
Contributions
10. Continuous Testing with JUnit.
Choosing a Test Strategy
Project Configuration
Writing Test Cases
Running Your Tests
Distilled
Contributions
References
11. Refactoring Your Code.
When to Refactor
Refactoring in Action
Catalog of Refactoring Commands
Distilled
References
12. Continuous Integration with Ant.
Automatic Incremental Build
Customized Build with Ant
Ant Editor and Outline
Running Ant in Eclipse
Building and Testing Complete Projects
Distilled
Contributions
References
13. Team Ownership with CVS.
Team Programming with CVS
Sharing Your Projects
Check Out Projects from CVS
Synchronizing with the Repository
Managing Versions
Creating and Applying Patches
Distilled
Contributions
References
14. Coding Standards.
Coding Java with Style
Auditing Compliance
Distilled
Contributions
References
Index.
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but this
power and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers and
sometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is to
distill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java development
capabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for senior
developers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog of
features and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile development
and describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams.
A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate the
progress of a new project from its inception through several iterations of
development, enhancement, and refactoring.
Topics presented are essential knowledge to anyone using Eclipse to develop Java applications
Covers key software engineering techniques as they relate to Eclipse
Based on author Dave Carlson's experiences introducing Eclipse to development teams
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but this power and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers and sometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is to distill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java development capabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for senior developers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog of features and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile development and describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams. A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate the progress of a new project from its inception through several iterations of development, enhancement, and refactoring. Product Description
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but thispower and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers andsometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is todistill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java developmentcapabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for seniordevelopers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog offeatures and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile developmentand describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams.A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate theprogress of a new project from its inception through several iterations ofdevelopment, enhancement, and refactoring.
Features + Benefits
In the distilled tradition this is a concise introduction to Eclipse for developers of all levels
° Topics presented are essential knowledge to anyone using Eclipse to develop Java applications
° Covers key software engineering techniques as they relate to Eclipse
° Based on author Dave Carlson's experiences introducing Eclipse to development teams
Backcover
Eclipse Distilled
David Carlson
Foreword by Grady Booch
Series Editors
Erich Gamma Lee Nackman John Wiegand
A Concise Introduction to Eclipse for the Productive Programmer Organized for rapid access, focused on productivity, Eclipse Distilled brings together all the answers you need to make the most of today's most powerful Java development environment. David Carlson introduces proven best practices for working with Eclipse, and shows exactly how to integrate Eclipse into any Agile development process.
Part I shows how to customize workspaces, projects, perspectives, and views for optimal efficiency-and how to leverage Eclipse's rapid development, navigation, and debugging features to maximize both productivity and code quality. Part II focuses entirely on Agile development, demonstrating how Eclipse can simplify team ownership, refactoring, continuous testing, continuousintegration, and other Agile practices. Coverage includes
Managing Eclipse projects from start to finish: handling both content and complexity
Using perspectives, views, and editors to work more efficiently
Setting preferences to fit your own unique needs-or your team's
Leveraging Eclipse's powerful local and remote debugging tools
Understanding how Eclipse fits into contemporary iterative development processes
Performing continuous testing with JUnit in the Eclipse environment
Using Eclipse's wizard-assisted refactoring tools
Implementing continuous integration with Ant-based automated project builders
Employing best practices for code sharing with CVS and other repositories
By focusing on need-to-know information and providing best practices and methodologies, this book is designed to get you working with Eclipse quickly. Whether you're building enterprise systems, Eclipse plug-ins, or anything else, this concise book will help you write better code-and do it faster.
About the Author David Carlson is a developer, researcher, author, instructor, and consultant who thrives on innovative technology. He started using Java in 1995 and Eclipse in 2001. David has a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Arizona and is a frequent speaker at conferences and a contributor to technical journals. He is creator of the hyperModel plug-in for Eclipse, and author of Modeling XML Applications with UML (Addison-Wesley, 2001).
Cover photo: © archivberlin Fotoagentur GmbH / Alamy
Addison-Wesley
www.awprofessional.com/series/eclipse
ISBN 0-321-28815-7
$34.99 US $48.99 CANADA
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
About the Author.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
I. GETTING STARTED.
1. A Java IDE and So Much More!
Eclipse Platform Architecture
Other Eclipse Projects
Agile Development with Eclipse
Sample Application
Distilled
References
2. Hello Eclipse.
Installation and Startup
Eclipse IDE Workbench
Create a New Java Project
Run Your Application
Distilled
3. Managing Your Projects.
Your Project Workspace
Eclipse Resources
Planning Projects and Dependencies
Distilled
4. Customizing Your Workbench.
Perspectives
Workbench Views
Resource Editors
Preferences: Have It Your Way
Individual and Team Preferences
Distilled
5. Rapid Development.
Expanding the Product Catalog Design
Dynamic Duo: Editor and Outline
Using Content Assist
Using Quick Fix
Generate Getters and Setters
Exploring Hierarchies
Distilled
6. Java Project Configuration.
Java Build Path
Create Shared User Libraries
Java Compiler Settings
Create Code Templates for Logging
Distilled
References
7. Debugging Your Code.
Start a Debug Session
Inspecting and Displaying State
Managing Debug Sessions
Remote Java Applications
Distilled
II. GETTING AGILE.
8. Characteristics of Agile Development.
The Agile Manifesto
Iterative Development
Agile Development and Eclipse
Distilled
References
9. Updating the Eclipse IDE.
Finding and Installing Features
Installing Plug-ins Without Features
Setting Update Preferences
Distilled
Contributions
10. Continuous Testing with JUnit.
Choosing a Test Strategy
Project Configuration
Writing Test Cases
Running Your Tests
Distilled
Contributions
References
11. Refactoring Your Code.
When to Refactor
Refactoring in Action
Catalog of Refactoring Commands
Distilled
References
12. Continuous Integration with Ant.
Automatic Incremental Build
Customized Build with Ant
Ant Editor and Outline
Running Ant in Eclipse
Building and Testing Complete Projects
Distilled
Contributions
References
13. Team Ownership with CVS.
Team Programming with CVS
Sharing Your Projects
Check Out Projects from CVS
Synchronizing with the Repository
Managing Versions
Creating and Applying Patches
Distilled
Contributions
References
14. Coding Standards.
Coding Java with Style
Auditing Compliance
Distilled
Contributions
References
Index.
Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but this
power and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers and
sometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is to
distill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java development
capabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for senior
developers who are new to Eclipse. But this book is not just a catalog of
features and screenshots. It is structured around a theme of agile development
and describes Eclipse as an enabler for agile methodology within project teams.
A consistent project example is used throughout the book to illustrate the
progress of a new project from its inception through several iterations of
development, enhancement, and refactoring.