Building Eclipse plug-ins using templates

Level: Intermediate

Christopher Judd (cjudd@juddsolutions.com), Freelance Writer, Judd Solutions, LLC

28 Jun 2005

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You may know that Eclipse is a framework meant for building other tools. You may also know that you can build your own plug-ins for Eclipse. But did you know that Eclipse comes with seven plug-in templates to get you started? This tutorial starts you off with a start-to-finish look at building a plug-in using the Hello World template, then introduces you to the other templates, such as Plug-in with an editor and Plug-in with perspective extensions.

Prerequisites

To gain the most from this tutorial, you should have a good working knowledge of Eclipse. Basic knowledge of Java™ technology is also helpful.

System requirements

Before you start, make sure you have Eclipse downloaded and installed Eclipse SDK V3.0.2.

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