2.1. The Favorites Plug-in

The Favorites plug-in, which you'll build over the course of this book, displays a list of resources, lets you add and remove resources from the list, easily opens an editor on a selected resource, updates the list automatically as a result of events elsewhere in the system, and more. Subsequent chapters discuss aspects of commercial plug-in development in terms of enhancements to the Favorites plug-in.

This chapter starts the process by covering the creation of the Favorites plug-in in its simplest form using the following steps:

• Creating a plug-in project

• Reviewing the generated code

• Building a product

• Installing and running the product