Java IDE books recommended for developers
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- Written by Nam Ha Minh
- Last Updated on 29 August 2016 | Print Email
Be more productive with your favorite IDE! Today we would like to introduce two best books about the most popular Java IDE - The Eclipse IDE. One book is for general Java development using Eclipse IDE, and another is for developing Eclipse-based Rich Client Application (e.g. plug-ins or tools). In addition, we introduce two other cookbooks for NetBeans IDE 7 and Oracle JDeveloper 11gR2. So the titles included in this review are:
1. Eclipse IDE: Eclipse IDE based on Eclipse 4.2 and 4.3 (vogella series) (Volume 2)
Author: Lars Vogel
Publisher: Lars Vogel
Published Date: Feb 17th 2013
Paperback: 372 pages
Content Coverage:
- Eclipse Overview
- Getting started with Java development in Eclipse
- Java source navigation and opening resources
- Eclipse code generation and refactoring
- Eclipse settings
- Eclipse code templates
- Local history, work organization and task management
- Using Java libraries and project dependencies
- Exercises: Working with Java in Eclipse
- Updating Eclipse and installing components
- Debugging with Eclipse
- Unit testing
- Task Management with Mylyn
- Using Git with Eclipse
- Introduction to Eclipse plug-in development
- Additional Eclipse resources
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2. Eclipse 4 Application Development: The complete guide to Eclipse 4 RCP development (Volume 1)
Author: Lars Vogel
Publisher: Lars Vogel
Published Date: June 26th 2012
Paperback: 432 pages
Content Coverage:
- Overview of Eclipse 4
- Getting Started with Eclipse 4
- Eclipse 4 Core Development
- Eclipse Core Technologies
- Eclipse 4 Advanced Development
- Eclipse 4 Expert Development
- Best practices and Feedback
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3. NetBeans IDE 7 Cookbook
Author: Rhawi Dantas
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published Date: May 25th 2011
Paperback: 308 pages
Content Coverage:
- NetBeans Head First
- Basic IDE Usage
- Designing Desktop GUI Applications
- JDBC and NetBeans
- Building Web Applications
- Using JavaFX
- EJB Application
- Mobile Development
- Java Refactoring
- Extending the IDE
- Profiling and Testing
- Version Control
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4. Oracle JDeveloper 11gR2 Cookbook
Author: Nick Haralabidis
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published Date: January 24th 2012
Paperback: 406 pages
Content Coverage:
- Prerequisites to Success: ADF Project Setup and Foundations
- Dealing with Basics: Entity Objects
- A Different Point of View: View Object Technologies
- Important Contributors: List of Values, Bind Variables, View Criteria
- Putting them all together: Application Modules
- Go with the Flow: Task Flows
- Face Value: ADF Faces, JSF Pages, and User Interface Components
- Backing not Baking: Bean Recipes
- Handling Security, SessionTimeouts, Exceptions, and Errors
- Deploying ADF Applications
- Refactoring, Debugging, Profiling and Testing
- Optimizing, Fine-tuning, and Monitoring
- Miscellaneous Recipes
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About the Author:
Nam Ha Minh is certified Java programmer (SCJP and SCWCD). He began programming with Java back in the days of Java 1.4 and has been passionate about it ever since. You can connect with him on Facebook and watch his Java videos on YouTube.