Eclipse Distilled
0321288157

David Carlson

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 312 pp

ISBN-10: 0321288157
ISBN-13:9780321288158

Our Price: £24.99
Status: Not Yet Published
Estimated Availability: 24 Feb 2005



Description

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.


Table Of Contents

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.


Features

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


Appropriate Courses

CS0110 Java--Intro to Programming/CS1 (AW) [AW PROFESSIONAL]