Part VI Exercises

The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse

Concepts and examples are great, but there is no substitute for digging in and getting your hands dirty. This is especially true in those cases where the journey (learning Eclipse) is more important than the destination (creating some code).

This final part of the book includes nine highly structured exercises to ensure that your initial Eclipse experience proceeds smoothly.

Exercise 1, Using Eclipse, gives you a hands-on tour of Eclipse to reinforce the concepts covered in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Eclipse.
Exercise 2, Using the Java Development Tools, provides sample code and step-by-step exercises to illustrate the use of the JDT as covered in Chapter 3, Using Java Development Tools.
Exercise 3, Running and Debugging Java, continues Exercise 2 and takes you through debugging Java programs, as covered in Chapter 4, Running and Debugging Java.
Exercise 4, Developing a Simple Web Commerce Application with Eclipse, pulls together what you learned in Chapters 3 and 4 by showing you how to create a simple Web commerce application based on a Java servlet. The servlet is developed under Eclipse and deployed on an Apache Tomcat server.
Exercise 5, Working as a Team with CVS, builds on Chapter 5, Teaming Up with Eclipse, by providing hands-on experience similar to everyday use of CVS.
Exercise 6, Developing Your First Plug-in, shows how to create your first plug-in, building on what you learned in Chapter 8, Overview of the Eclipse Architecture, and Chapter 9, Getting Started: Plug-in Development.
Exercise 7, Developing Your First Rich Client Application, shows you all the steps required to create a basic rich client application running inside Eclipse. It builds on what was covered in Chapter 10, Creating Applications Using the Rich Client Platform.
Exercise 8, Developing a Rich Client Application with Dynamically Added Plug-ins, continues your understanding of rich client application programming and focuses on creating and installing dynamic plug-ins.
Exercise 9, Deploying Your Product Using Features, complements Chapter 13, Defining Features and Products, by allowing you to experience the complete process of feature creation, packaging, and several deployment options.

In addition, the book's CD-ROM is packed with well-documented working examples that you're free to adapt to your needs. For instructions on importing these Java and plug-in projects into your workspace, see the CD-ROM readme.