This list is not ordered, how important I feel these documents are really changed as I climbed up the learning curve. Suffice to say that each link here saved me weeks rather then days.
Getting Started
When starting out it is easy to get stuck in the details of how to accomplish things. These links not only help with that, but also provide some lasting understanding.
The Big Picture / Platform and Plug-ins
Rich Client Platform
Eclipse Rich Client Platform : Design, Coding, and Packaging Java (TM) Applications
review
I have a copy of it, I read it from cover to cover and I agree with this review…
Alain Demers, Faune Québec |
Reference
For day to day day UDIG development you will find the following useful.
Development
SWT & JFace
SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit, Volume 1
Book : A good reference (but so is the source code), I found the Building Commercial Quaility Plug-ins examples of using the SWT/JFace in anger more compelling.
Least used of all the books we bought |
Editors and Views
Help system
Arcane & Advanced
If you wander into the guts of uDig development the following will be of service.
Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)