Eclipse 2 for Java developers

* Eclipse is an open source extensible IDE which enables a wide range of tool builders to build best of breed integrated tools covering the whole software lifecycle-from conceptual modeling to deployment * Eclipse is expected to be the development platform of choice for the Java community within the next few years * This book provides an introduction to the Eclipse Java IDE, showing how projects are laid out and the various facilities available to help write Java code * Describes SWT and JFace (Eclipse's alternative to the Java AWT and Swing) and then demonstrates in practice in a JavaLayer based MP3 player * Shows how Eclipse can be used as a tool platform and an application framework * Demonstrates how to speed up development of applications by reusing and extending existing Eclipse components