Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-Ins is the title of a new book published by Addison Wesley Professional in its Eclipse Series.

Written by leading Eclipse developers Eric Clayberg and Dan Rubel, it's is "the first definitive, start-to-finish guide to building commercial-quality extensions for both Eclipse and IBM's WebSphere Studio Workbench," AW claims.

Clayberg and Rubel don't merely introduce the basics: they show how to add the sophistication and "polish" that paying customers demand.

The book presents detailed, practical coverage of every aspect of plug-in development - with specific solutions for the challenges developers are most likely to encounter. It contains everything needed to gain mastery and achieve results: cookbook-style code examples, relevant API listings, diagrams, and screen shots.

More highlights:

• Includes a quick introduction to Eclipse for experienced Java programmers
• Serves as a systematic reference for experienced Eclipse users
• Introduces all the tools you need to build Eclipse and WebSphere plug-ins
• Explains the Eclipse architecture and the structure of plug-ins and extension points
• Walks step-by-step through building complete Eclipse plug-ins
• Offers practical guidance on building Eclipse user interfaces with SWT and JFace
• Shows how to use change tracking, perspectives, builders, markers, natures, and more
• Covers internationalization, Help systems, feature planning - even branding