Eclipse 4 RCP (2nd Ed. based on Eclipse 4.3)
The complete guide to Eclipse application development

This is the second edition of the Eclipse 4 RCP book. With more than 700 pages this book has grown significantly in size and coverage. The exercises are extremely detailed, so that every reader should be able to follow along. The book covers everything you need to know about the Eclipse platform to successfully develop Eclipse 4 RCP applications.

This book gives a detailed introduction into the Eclipse platform and covers all relevant aspects of Eclipse RCP development. Every topic in this book has a content section in which the topic is explained and afterwards you have several exercises to practice your learning. You will be guided through all relevant aspects of Eclipse 4 development using an comprehensive example which you continue to extend in the exercises. You will learn about the new programming concepts of Eclipse 4, e.g. the application model, dependency injection, CSS styling, the renderer framework, the event system and much more. Proven Eclipse technologies like SWT, JFace viewers, OSGi modularity and services, data binding, etc. are also covered in detail. This book requires a working knowledge of Java and assumes that you are familiar in using the Eclipse IDE for standard Java development. It assumes no previous experience of Eclipse plug-in and Eclipse RCP development.

Lars Vogel is the founder and CEO of the vogella GmbH company. He is one of the core developers of the Eclipse platform project and loves to share his knowledge by writing online tutorials and books. He is also a regular speaker at international conferences.

For the customers of the vogella GmbH he delivers development, consulting, coaching and training in the areas of Eclipse, Android and Git. These customers include Fortune 100 corporations as well as individual developers.

Lars is a nominated Java Champion since 2012. In 2010 he received the Eclipse Top Contributor Award and in 2012 the Eclipse Top Newcomer Evangelist Award.