Creating a Simple Plug-in using PDE (I)
23 January 2008To get a better idea of how to develop plug-ins using PDE, you will create a simple workbench view. In this post, Ill give you some basic understanding.
To get started, launch your Eclipse SDK and choose an empty workspace. When you close the Welcome page, you should find yourself in the Java perspective, by default (however, it is not required that you are in the Java perspective in order to proceed). First, you will use the New Plug-in wizard to create the plug-in. Then, you will edit its descriptor using the Plug-in Manifest Editor, and implement a Java class using JDT. Lastly, you will launch our plug-in in a run-time workbench to see the results. Now, get started:
1. In the main menu, click File -> New -> Project, then select Plug-in Project and click Next.
2. On the next wizard page, enter com.plugindemo.SimplePDEplugin as the Project name. Click Next.
3. On this page, leave all fields with their default values and just click Finish. Answer yes when asked whether to switch to the Plug-in
Development perspective. At this point, the plug-in has been created and you should see the Overview page of the Plug-in Manifest Editor.
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