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.