Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9780321288158 ISBN: 0321288157 Label: Addison-Wesley Professional Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 312 Publication Date: February 24, 2005 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Sales Rank: 232928 Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
Product DescriptionEclipse 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - The right book to start with Eclipse
This is an excellent book and I recommend it highly to start with Eclipse.
It saved me an incredible amount of time by providing the right level of information on virtually all important features of Eclipse.
This book is for people with a background in development, but new to Eclipse.
Rating: - Ok for beginers...No help for experienced users
I read this book end to end but didnt find even a single startling fact about eclipse that i didnt know already.It was more like feature round up ( which you can discover going through the menu items in eclipse IDE)
I would recommend this book for people who are absolutly new to eclipse .
Rating: - Configuration Salvation
I manage multiple developers spread around the globe building product relying on the Eclipse Web Standard Tools (WST) and other parts of Eclipse. Getting each team member's IDE configured and updated was sucking up time.
Chapter 9, "Updating the Eclipse IDE," saved us time equivalent to purchasing boxes of the book. Now we have flexible, consistent, repeatable configurations that make upgrading to new versions of WST and other features easy.
We have adjusted our team's practices ... Read More
Rating: - The book I wanted to read.
In his forward, David Carlson writes: "This is the book I wanted to read when I started using Eclipse three years ago." Wow! And this is the book I wanted to read too!
Like husbands and wives, wrenches and nuts, hands and gloves, some things were meant to fit together, while others repel like oil and water. When I learn a new programming language, IDE, API, software program, etc. I want the basics, the practical, the stuff I really need to get going. In any of these endeavors, there is simply ... Read More
Rating: - A nice book if your expectations match up with the style...
With Eclipse becoming extremely popular as an integrated development environment, there have been a number of books published to help you learn the tool. I recently received a copy of Eclipse Distilled by David Carlson, and it's a pretty good addition to the collection...
Contents:
Part 1 - Getting Started: A Java IDE and So Much More!; Hello Eclipse; Managing Your Projects; Customizing Your Workbench; Rapid Development; Java Project Configuration; Debugging Your Code
Part 2 - Getting ... Read More
- The right book to start with Eclipse
- Ok for beginers...No help for experienced users
