Foreword
Learning how to code is an important life skill for today’s youth. It not only provides them with a greater understanding of the computers and software that surround us all in our daily lives, but also has the potential to lead them toward an amazing and fulfilling career in technology. The genius of the Minecraft modding community is that it is helping to teach an enormous number of young programmers that coding can be fun. The ability to enhance and modify a game enjoyed by millions makes coding something that is approachable and enjoyable for kids of all ages.
The Eclipse Java IDE is one of the world’s most successful open source software projects. Millions of developers use Eclipse every day as their tooling platform. The Eclipse community has hundreds of dedicated committers and thousands of contributors. Speaking on their behalf, it is incredibly gratifying for all of us to see our open source Eclipse IDE being used to help so many young people get started with coding.
As a father-and-son team, Arun Gupta and Aditya Gupta have created an incredible resource to help get this next generation of coders off to a great start. Arun is a well-known and respected Java technology evangelist who has held positions at Sun, Oracle, and Red Hat. Both he and Aditya have been active for several years in the Minecraft and Devoxx4Kids communities, helping to demonstrate that Java, Eclipse, and Minecraft modding are approachable and fun. I am sure that their book will provide you with a great start for your coding adventures.
—Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation
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