Eclipse is a Java integrated development environment (IDE), a generic IDE and application framework, an open source project and foundation, a community, and eco-system. During this talk, we'll introduce Eclipse in the larger sense before we drill down into a discussion of the Eclipse component model, the creation of plug-ins for Eclipse to extend the development environment, and building rich clients using Eclipse technology.

Using a combination of presentation and demonstration, we will show you how to use Eclipse's Plug-in Development Environment to build plug-ins to extend the development environment by hooking into various services provided by the platform. We'll show how plug-ins can be designed for use in the development environment and in standalone rich client applications using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform.

Time and interest permitting, we will discuss other Eclipse projects, including the use of the Web Tools Project for constructing J2EE components (servlets, JSPs, and EJBs) and managing application servers.

The presentation is here.

Presented by Wayne Beaton

Sponsored by Ajilon Consulting