This book is aimed at Java developers who are interested in learning how to create plug-ins, products and applications for the Eclipse platform.

This book will also be useful to those who already have some experience in building Eclipse plug-ins and want to know how to create automated builds using Maven Tycho, which has become the de facto standard for building Eclipse plug-ins.

Finally, those Eclipse developers who are familiar with the Eclipse 3.x model but are interested in learning about the changes that the Eclipse 4.x model brings will find the information presented in Chapter 8 a useful summary of what opportunities the new model provides.