Eclipse ― Step by Step

Written for novice programmers who need to learn Eclipse, the new integrated, open-source development environment, this book covers three areas that are of crucial interest—Eclipse, IBM’s Software Widget Toolkit (the SWT), and JDBC. Questions such as how to use the new Eclipse Integrated Development Environment; how to create a complete functioning application with Eclipse; and where to get the software, how to install it, and how to configure it are answered. Options that programmers would use in a real production to be instantly productive in Eclipse and the steps needed to take to create a program or modifying an existing program are addressed.

Joe Pluta is a designer of distributed architectures for the midrange platform. His company, Pluta Brothers Design, develops tools that allow iSeries users to incorporate emerging technologies seamlessly into their legacy systems, providing a direct path to new architectures. He moderates the JAVA400-L mailing list and is a member of IBM's JTOpen core team. He is the author of the “Weaving WebSphere” column at mcpressonline.com and is a regular participant in mailing lists and newsgroups on topics surrounding the iSeries platform and Java in general. He lives in Palatine, Illinois.