Eclipse is an open platform for tool integration built by an open community of tool providers. It is designed for building integrated development environments (IDEs) and Rich Client Platform (RCP) based applications that can be used to create applications as diverse as web sites, embedded Java programs, C++ programs, and Enterprise JavaBeans. The Eclipse Platform is built on a mechanism for discovering, integrating, and running modules called plug-ins. This allows the Platform to be extended to work with new content types or to do new things with existing content types. Except for a small kernel known as the Platform Runtime, all of the Eclipse Platform's functionality is located in plug-ins which are coded in Java. This is an in-depth course on how to build Eclipse 3.1 plug-ins of increasing complexity.

• Eclipse Plug-in architecture
• Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)
• The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
• Dialogs and Wizards
• Views
• Editors
• Workspace Resource Programming
• Processing Workspace Change Events
• Managing Resources with Natures and Builders
• Rich Client Platform (RCP)

Extensible Markup Language (XML), Strong knowledge of Java, design patterns, and GUI development experience. Prerequisites can be satisfied by taking AvantSoft courses: “Java Programming using Eclipse” and “XML for Java programmers using Eclipse”.

Tool developers, tool vendors, and consultants who need to build their own plugins for Eclipse-based tools.