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Getting started with the Eclipse RCP

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Everybody has to start somewhere, and as a complete beginner in software development with Java and the Eclipse RCP, I have been, and still am, constantly on the lookout for sources of information.

The following books and websites – in my opinion – provide good starting points for people who are in the same position.

Ordered by usefulness (IMHO).

The Eclipse Book

Jeff McAffer, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Chris Aniszczyk: Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Second Edition. Boston (Addison-Wesley): May 2010. 552 pp. In English. ISBN-13: 978-0321603784.

For people who like to read books rather than websites. It is as up-to-date as can be, and is a very good and comprehensive introduction to the Eclipse RCP. Can be read back-to-back, or used as a reference. I have used this almost exclusively in my “early days” of programming with the Eclipse RCP.

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