Prerequisites
Developing Object-Oriented Systems with Java (ESP-JAVA-101) or equivalent knowledge

Length
2 days

Format
Lecture with paper-based labs, and workshop exercises

Overview
This 2-day course provides an overview of Eclipse and its architecture and in-depth coverage of developing plug-ins. The special attention is given to the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment, testing, installing and running plug-ins. Throughout the course students are exposed to all levels of extending Eclipse with plug-ins. Using Eclipse for developing and debugging Java code is also covered in the course.

Key Benefits
• Installing and running Eclipse
• Building, running, and debugging Java classes in Eclipse
• Eclipse and plug-in architecture
• Using extension points in Eclipse
• Adding views to Eclipse
• Adding custom perspectives to Eclipse
• Using Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment

Audience
Software developers who will be developing plug-ins for Eclipse

Topics
• Eclipse overview
• Installing and running Eclipse
• Workbench
• Java Development Tools and JUnit
• Debugging in Eclipse
• Eclipse Architecture
• Plug-in development architecture
• Extension points
• Plug-in Development Environment
• Adding menus, views, and perspectives to Eclipse
• Testing, installing, and running plug-ins