Preface
1. Basic Skills
1.1 Getting Eclipse
1.2 Installing and Running Eclipse
1.3 Understanding Your Workspace
1.4 Running Multiple Eclipse Windows
1.5 Creating a Java Project
1.6 Managing Perspectives, Views, and Editors
1.7 Mastering the Java Perspective
1.8 Creating a Java Class
1.9 Completing Code Automatically
1.10 Running Your Code
1.11 Running Code Snippets
1.12 Fixing Syntax Errors Automatically
1.13 Keeping Your Workspace Clear
1.14 Recovering from Total Disaster
2. Using Eclipse
2.1 Showing/Hiding Views
2.2 Moving a View or Toolbar
2.3 Accessing Any Project File
2.4 Tiling Editors
2.5 Maximizing Views and Editors
2.6 Going Back to the Previous Editor
2.7 Going Back to the Previous Edit Location
2.8 Linking Views to Editors
2.9 Reordering View and Editor Tabs
2.10 Navigating from an Editor to a View
2.11 Creating a Key Binding
2.12 Displaying More Resource Information with Icons
2.13 Using a Different Workspace
2.14 Creating a Task
2.15 Creating a Bookmark
2.16 Creating a Fast View
2.17 Customizing Help
2.18 Restoring Deleted Resources
2.19 Customizing a Perspective
2.20 Restoring a Perspective
2.21 Creating a New Perspective
3. Java Development
3.1 Speeding Up the JDT Editor
3.2 Creating a Java Project
3.3 Creating Java Packages
3.4 Creating a Java Class
3.5 Creating a Java Method
3.6 Overriding a Java Method
3.7 Getting Method Parameter Hints
3.8 Inserting Method Parameter Names
3.9 Creating Getter/Setter Methods
3.10 Creating Delegate Methods
3.11 Surrounding Code with do/for/if/try/while Blocks
3.12 Finding the Matching Brace
3.13 Automatically Wrapping Strings
3.14 Creating a Constructor
3.15 Converting Constructors to Factory Methods
3.16 Commenting Out a Section of Code
3.17 Creating Working Sets
3.18 Creating TODO Tasks
3.19 Customizing Code Assist
4. Refactoring, Building, and Launching
4.1 Renaming Elements
4.2 Moving Elements
4.3 Extracting and Implementing Interfaces
4.4 Searching Code
4.5 Comparing Files
4.6 Comparing Files Against Local History
4.7 Restoring Elements and Files from Local History
4.8 Selecting the Java Runtime for Builds
4.9 Running Your Code
4.10 Building Your Code
4.11 Using .jar and .class Files
4.12 Setting the Launch Configuration
5. Testing and Debugging
5.1 Installing JUnit
5.2 Testing an Application with JUnit
5.3 Starting a Debugging Session
5.4 Setting a Breakpoint
5.5 Stepping Through Your Code
5.6 Running Until Encountering a Breakpoint
5.7 Running to a Line of Code You Select
5.8 Watching Expressions and Variables
5.9 Setting a Hit Count for Breakpoints
5.10 Configuring Breakpoint Conditions
5.11 Creating Field, Method, and Exception Breakpoints
5.12 Evaluating Expressions
5.13 Assigning Values to Variables While Debugging
5.14 Changing Code on the Fly
6. Using Eclipse in Teams
6.1 Getting a CVS Server
6.2 Creating a CVS Repository
6.3 Connecting Eclipse to a CVS Repository
6.4 Storing an Eclipse Project in a CVS Repository
6.5 Committing Files to the CVS Repository
6.6 Visually Labeling Files Under Version Control
6.7 Examining the CVS Repository
6.8 Checking Projects Out of a CVS Repository
6.9 Updating Your Code from a CVS Repository
6.10 Synchronizing Your Code with the CVS Repository
6.11 Creating Code Patches
6.12 Naming Code Versions
6.13 Creating CVS Branches
7. Eclipse and Ant
7.1 Connecting Ant to Eclipse
7.2 Building an Eclipse Application Using Ant
7.3 Catching Ant Build File Syntax Problems
7.4 Using a Different Build File
7.5 Using Your Own Version of Ant
7.6 Setting Types and Global Properties
7.7 Setting Ant Editor Options
7.8 Setting Ant Arguments
7.9 Using the Ant View
7.10 Using Ant as an External Tool
8. SWT: Text, Buttons, Lists, and Nonrectangular Windows
8.1 Working with SWT Widgets
8.2 Creating an SWT Application
8.3 Adding the Required SWT JAR Files to the Build Path
8.4 Launching an SWT Application
8.5 Positioning Widgets and Using Layouts
8.6 Creating Button and Text Widgets
8.7 Handling SWT Widget Events
8.8 Creating List Widgets
8.9 Creating Composite Widgets
8.10 Creating Nonrectangular Windows
8.11 Multithreading SWT Applications
9. SWT: Dialogs, Toolbars, Menus, and More
9.1 Creating Message Boxes
9.2 Creating Dialogs
9.3 Creating Toolbars
9.4 Embedding Buttons in Toolbars
9.5 Handling Toolbar Events
9.6 Embedding Combo Boxes, Text Widgets, and Menus in Toolbars
9.7 Creating a Menu System
9.8 Creating Text Menu Items
9.9 Creating Image Menu Items
9.10 Creating Radio Menu Items
9.11 Creating Menu Item Accelerators and Mnemonics
9.12 Enabling and Disabling Menu Items
9.13 Creating Menu Separators
9.14 Creating Tables
9.15 Creating Table Columns
9.16 Adding Check Marks to Table Items
9.17 Enabling and Disabling Table Items
9.18 Adding Images to Table Items
9.19 Using Swing and AWT Inside SWT
10. SWT: Coolbars, Tab Folders, Trees, and Browsers
10.1 Creating SWT Tab Folders
10.2 Creating SWT Coolbars
10.3 Adding Items to Coolbars
10.4 Adding Drop-Down Menus to Coolbars
10.5 Creating SWT Trees
10.6 Handling Tree Events
10.7 Adding Checkboxes to Tree Items
10.8 Adding Images to Tree Items
10.9 Creating SWT Browser Widgets
11. JSP, Servlets, and Eclipse
11.1 Installing Tomcat
11.2 Starting Tomcat
11.3 Creating JSP Files
11.4 Creating a Servlet
11.5 Installing a Servlet in Tomcat
11.6 Creating a Servlet in Place
11.7 Editing web.xml in Place
11.8 Avoiding Output Folder Scrubs
11.9 Interfacing to JavaBeans
11.10 Using a Tomcat Plug-in
11.11 Creating WAR Files
12. Creating Plug-ins: Extension Points, Actions, and Menus
12.1 Installing a Plug-in
12.2 Creating plugin.xml
12.3 Creating a Menu-Based Plug-in Using Wizards
12.4 Testing Plug-ins with the Run-time Workbench
12.5 Deploying a Plug-in
12.6 Writing a Plug-in from a Skeleton
12.7 Responding to User Actions in a Plug-in
12.8 Creating a Plug-in Menu from Scratch
12.9 Creating Actions
12.10 Coding a Plug-in Action
12.11 Automatically Adding a Plug-in to a Perspective
13. Creating Plug-ins: Wizards, Editors, and Views
13.1 Creating a Plug-in That Supports Wizards and Editors
13.2 Customizing a Wizard
13.3 Customizing an Editor
13.4 Creating a Plug-in That Supports Views
13.5 Adding Items to a View
13.6 Configuring a View's Actions
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