<b> The Definitive Guide to Eclipse Rich Client Development<br><br> </b> <p style="margin: 0px;">In <b><i>Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Second Edition,</i></b> three Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) project leaders show how to use Eclipse 3.5 (“Galileo”) to rapidly deliver cross-platform applications with rich, native-feel GUIs.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">The authors fully reveal the power of Eclipse as a desktop application development platform; introduce important new improvements in Eclipse 3.5; and walk through developing a full-featured, branded RCP application for Windows, Linux, Mac, and other platforms—including handheld devices and kiosks. </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors cover building, refining, and refactoring prototypes; customizing user interfaces; adding help and software management features; and building, branding, testing, and shipping finished software. They demonstrate current best practices for developing modular and dynamically extensible systems, using third-party code libraries, packaging applications for diverse environments, and much more. </p> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">For Java programmers at all levels of experience, this book</p> <ul><li>Introduces important new RCP features such as p2, Commands, and Databinding</li><li>Thoroughly covers key RCP-related technologies such as Equinox, SWT, JFace, and OSGi</li><li>Shows how to effectively brand and customize RCP application look-and-feel</li><li>Walks through user interface testing for RCP applications with SWTBot</li><li>Illuminates key similarities and differences between RCP and conventional plug-in development</li></ul> <div style="border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(50, 45, 113); border-width: medium medium 0.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 29pt;"> <p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p basicparagraph="" style="margin: 0px;">Hands-on, pragmatic, and comprehensive, this book offers all the real-world, nontrivial code examples working developers need—as well as “deep dives” into key technical areas that are essential to your success.</p> </div> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>