Eclipse Tutorial

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Eclipse Quick Start
   Eclipse Articles
   Eclipse Downloads
   Eclipse Projects
   Eclipse Plug-Ins
   Eclipse Tools
   Eclipse Tech Projects
   Eclipse Web Tools
   Eclipse Tests
   Eclipse Tutorials
   More Learning Guides

Eclipse Quick Start

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• Roadmap: Eclipse project
(Eclipse.org)

• FAQ: Eclipse project FAQ
(Eclipse.org)

• White Paper: Eclipse platform technical overview
(Eclipse.org)

• PowerPoint: Eclipse Project slide presentation
(Eclipse.org)

• FAQ: Rich Client Platform FAQ
(Eclipse.org)

• Migration Guide: A developer's guide to evaluate Eclipse vs. JBuilder
(IBM)

• Migration Guide: A developer's guide to evaluate Eclipse vs. IntelliJ IDEA
(IBM)

• Migration Guide: A developer's guide to evaluate Eclipse vs. Netbeans
(IBM)

• Newsgroups: List of Eclipse newsgroups
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Articles

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• Article: SOA developers get Crystal Reports in total Eclipse
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• Article: Eclipse targets Web services with Callisto release
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• Tip: The Eclipse platform, Web tools and XML
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• QA Interview: Eclipse's Milinkovich on SOA, Ajax and integration
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• Article: SOA tools top Eclipse priority list
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• Article: Geeks speak at Eclipse conference
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• Article: Ajax all the buzz at Eclipse conference
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• Article: Eclipse casts a giant shadow in Silicon Valley
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• QA Interview: Iona's Newcomer on what Eclipse brings to SOA
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• Article: Eclipse Web Tools Platform 1.0 rolled out
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• Article: Cape Clear puts Eclipse, network intelligence into ESB
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• Article: IBM donates open source development framework to Eclipse
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• Article: BEA embraces Eclipse, acquires M7
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• Article: Iona takes lead in new Eclipse SOA project
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• Article: Eclipse SOA project inching closer to launch
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• Article: MDA aligns with SOA, Eclipse
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• Article: Study: Eclipse experiencing rapid growth
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• Article: Milinkovich on Eclipse 3.1, open source development
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• Article: Eclipse adds new members, unveils Web services tools
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• Article: Open source eclipses commercial tools for Web services development
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• Article: PolarLake adds support for Eclipse
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• Article: SAS joins Eclipse integration consortium
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Eclipse Downloads

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• Main Page: Eclipse download page
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Eclipse SDK
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT)
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: COBOL IDE
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Graphical Editor Framework (GEF)
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Visual Editor (VE)
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• Download: Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP)
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Eclipse Test and Performance Tools
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• Download: Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT)
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Data Tools - Connectivity
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Data Tools - Model Base
(Eclipse.org)

• Download: Data Tools - SQL Development Tools
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• Download: Device Software Development - Debugging (Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Projects

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• The Eclipse Project: SOA Tools Platform Project
(Eclipse.org)

• The Eclipse Project: The Eclipse Platform
(Eclipse.org)

• The Eclipse Project: Java development tools
(Eclipse.org)

• The Eclipse Project: Equinox OSGi framework
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: API Reference Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: Workbench User Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: Java Development User Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: Platform Plug-in Developer Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: JDT Plug-in Developer Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Guide: Plug-in Development Environment Guide
(Eclipse.org)

• Platform Subproject: Core
(Eclipse.org)

• Platform Subproject: User Assistance
(Eclipse.org)

• Platform Subproject: Release engineering
(Eclipse.org)

• Platform Subproject: Standard Widget Toolkit
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Plug-Ins

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• Plug-ins: Bug Tracker
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Code Generation
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Code Generation/Modelling
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Code Management
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Database
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• Plug-ins: Deployment
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• Plug-ins: Documentation
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• Plug-ins: Entertainment
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• Plug-ins: J2EE development platform
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• Plug-ins: Languages
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• Plug-ins: Mobile/PDA
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• Plug-ins: Modeling
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• Plug-ins: Network
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• Plug-ins: Obsolete
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• Plug-ins: Patterns
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• Plug-ins: Profiling
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• Plug-ins: Project management
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• Plug-ins: Research
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• Plug-ins: Rich Client
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• Plug-ins: Safety-critical
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• Plug-ins: Software Configuration Management (SCM)
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Skins
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• Plug-ins: Snipets/Modeling
(Eclipse.org)

• Plug-ins: Snippets
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• Plug-ins: Source Code Analyzer
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• Plug-ins: Team
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• Plug-ins: Testing
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• Plug-ins: Tomcat
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• Plug-ins: Tools
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• Plug-ins: UI
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• Plug-ins: UI components
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• Plug-ins: Unified Modeling Language (UML)
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• Plug-ins: Utility
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• Plug-ins: Web
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• Plug-ins: Web services
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• Plug-ins: XML
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Eclipse Tools

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• Eclipse Tools Project: C/C++ Development Tools (CDT)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tools Project: Graphical Editor Framework (GEF)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tools Project: Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tools Project: COBOL Integrated Dev. Environment
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tools Project: Eclipse Visual Editor (VE)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tools Project: Unified Modeling Language (UML2)
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Tech Projects

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• Archived Projects: Projects that have completed their lifecycle
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse TechProject: Application Lifecycle Management
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: AspectJ
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: AspectJ Development Tools (AJDT)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Buckminster Component Assembly Project
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Concern Manipulation Environment (CME)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Dali EJB Object-Relational Mapping
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Eclipse Community Ed. Project (ECESIS)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Eclipse Communications Framework (ECF)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Eclipse Modeling Framework Tech (EMFT)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Generative Model Transformer
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Graphical Modeling Framework
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Higgins Trust Framework
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Java Specification Request 220/243
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Lepido (Apache Cocoon)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Model Driven Dev Integration (MDDi)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Mylar
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse TechProject: Phoenix
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• Eclipse Tech Project: Photran (FORTRAN)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Pollinate (Apache Beehive)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: Parallel Tools Platform (PTP)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Tech Project: The Voice Tools Project (VTP)
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Web Tools

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• Developer Resources: Eclipse Web Tools Platform
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• Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project: Web Standard Tools (WST)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project: J2EE Standard Tools (JST)
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project: JavaServer Faces Tools (JSF)
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Tests

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• Eclipse Test & Performance: TPTP Platform
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Test & Performance: Monitoring Tools
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Test & Performance: Testing Tools
(Eclipse.org)

• Eclipse Test & Performance: Tracing and Profiling Tools
(Eclipse.org)

Eclipse Tutorials

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• Tutorial: Your first plug-in
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Adding plug-ins to Eclipse vs. Domino
(Genii Software)

• Tutorial: Creating a Notes/Domino plug-in with Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Eclipse for Visual Studio developers
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Rich Client Tutorial, Part 1
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Rich Client Tutorial, Part 2
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Rich Client Tutorial, Part 3
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Preparing the Workbench
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Java Emitter Templates, Part 1 (Introduction to JET)
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Java Emitter Templates, Part 2 (Code that Writes Code)
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: BIRT tutorial
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Graphical Modeling Framework
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: XML Catalog
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Creating XML files
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: WSDL Editor
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: XML Schema Editor
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Validation
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Extending the Visual Editor
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Build GUIs with the Eclipse Visual Editor project
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Relational database (RDB)
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Bottom up Web service
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Top down Web service
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• Tutorial: Build a Web service using the Eclipse Web Tools Platform
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Building and running a Web application
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Distributing your BPEL across multiple hosts
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: How to use the choreography component
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: WS- BPEL 2.0
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Deploy Web applications to the Oracle Application Server
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Developing the WTP with Eclipse
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Building a simple EJB application
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: How to internationalize your Eclipse plug-in
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: How to test your internationalized Eclipse plug-in
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Building a school schedule Web application
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Using Web services tools in the Web Tools Platform
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Launching Java applications programmatically
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Using Web Service Explorer to test a Web service
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Building a Database Schema Diagram Editor with GEF
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Reintroducing the Structured Source Editing family
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Cactus integration in the Web Tools Project
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Installing Apache Tomcat Server
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Building a custom test execution enrironment
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Modeling rule-based systems with EMF
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Generating the SWT JNI Code
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Integrating existing maven project in Eclipse WTP
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Exploiting Maven in Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Creating JFace Wizards
(Eclipse.org)

• Tutorial: Create your own visualisations in Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Using Eclipse to develop grid services
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Build a Web-based client with the Eclipse Web Tools Platform
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Isolated unit testing of persistence with Derby
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Develop Apache Derby applications in Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Documenting your project using the Eclipse help system
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Developing Struts with Easy Struts for Eclipse
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Migrate your Swing application to SWT
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Java 2D imaging for the Standard Widget Toolkit
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Refactoring for everyone
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Python development with Eclipse and Ant
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Three ways to connect a database to a Geronimo app server
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Get started with Geronimo
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Create, deploy, and debug Apache Geronimo applications
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Use JavaMail in the Geronimo application server
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Deploy Web services in Apache Geronimo
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Unleash the power of Tomcat within Geronimo
(IBM)

• Tutorial: Using GEF with EMF
(Eclipse.org)

More Learning Guides

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• BPM Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• Ajax Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• XML Security Tutorial(SearchSecurity.com & SearchSOA.com)
• BPEL Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• SOA Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• SOA Data Integration Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• Representational State Transfer (REST) Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)
• Business Process Execution Language Tutorial(SearchSOA.com)