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Working with various parts of the Eclipse JDT

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BANGALORE, INDIA: This "Mastering Eclipse" series of tip teaches complete newcomers to Eclipse the ins and outs of the Eclipse IDE. By the end of the series, you'll be on par with advanced users. In this article, learn about working with various parts of the Eclipse JDT.

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This article talks about the Java Development Tools (JDT), illustrating some commonly used features and explaining how to customize them. It also discusses concepts and features that may be different in the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) vs. others, or features that may not be apparent to new users of the JDT.

What is the JDT?

Eclipse has become synonymous with Java development. However, to many Eclipse newcomers, the relationship between Eclipse and Java technology may not be entirely clear.

Eclipse is a bare-bones platform that happens to be written in the Java programming language. Plug-ins, such as Mylar and Findbugs, written on top of the IDE provide its functionality, and the Java language allows Eclipse to function like a Java IDE. Possibly because the JDT is included by default in the Eclipse downloads, it may not be immediately clear that when developers say they use Eclipse for Java development, what they really mean is that they use the JDT.

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