Hi, my question it's very easy, how I can write a plugin for eclipse? I've looked for documentation but unfortunately there is very little or it's poor, so can anyone recommend any articles?
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There are some pretty good resources and tutorials on the main Eclipse and IBM's site. One of the best ways is to pick an open source plug-in that has some similar features to what you want to do and start to dissect it.
David Schlosnagle
2008-11-18 16:43:41
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Eclipse has a pretty good "Your First Plug-in" tutorial. If it is confusing, I'm sure they would greatly appreciate your feedback. Keep in mind that Eclipse is essentially Java, so if you don't have a good grasp of Java go for general Java tutorials first, and then come back to Eclipse development.
O'Reilly has two good Eclipse Plugin tutorials:
They not only go through the simple code examples, but give you screen shots of the process since a lot of work is done through wizard type interface windows.
If these aren't helpful, perhaps you could be more specific as to what is difficult to follow.
Adam Davis
2008-11-18 16:45:16
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The best step-by-step that covers almost every aspect of plugin development is the book "Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plugins".
It's available at most book shops and electronically at safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/9780321574435
jdoklovic
2008-11-18 17:21:02
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I think a very good resource is also to look at the examples that are available via the new Plug-In Project wizard.
Depending on what you want to provide with your plug-in, you can choose from editor plug-ins, view plug-ins, plug-ins that provide a property page (just to name a few) and see how they're built and what extension points they implement.
fhe
2008-11-18 19:09:32