? Eclipse is an open source extensible IDE which enables a wide range of tool builders to build best of breed integrated tools covering the whole software lifecycle-from conceptual modeling to deployment


? Eclipse is expected to be the development platform of choice for the Java community within the next few years


? This book provides an introduction to the Eclipse Java IDE, showing how projects are laid out and the various facilities available to help write Java code


? Describes SWT and JFace (Eclipse's alternative to the Java AWT and Swing) and then demonstrates in practice in a JavaLayer based MP3 player


? Shows how Eclipse can be used as a tool platform and an application framework


? Demonstrates how to speed up development of applications by reusing and extending existing Eclipse components