Eclipse Rich Client Platform

by Mcaffer, Jeff; Lemieux, Jean-michel; Aniszczyk, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780321603784
• ISBN10: 0321603788
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-12
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

The Definitive Guide to Eclipse Rich Client Development In Eclipse Rich Client Platform, Second Edition, three Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) project leaders show how to use Eclipse 3.5 ("Galileo") to rapidly deliver cross-platform applications with rich, native-feel GUIs. The authors fully reveal the power of Eclipse as a desktop application development platform; introduce important new improvements in Eclipse 3.5; and walk through developing a full-featured, branded RCP application for Windows, Linux, Mac, and other platforms-including handheld devices and kiosks. Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors cover building, refining, and refactoring prototypes; customizing user interfaces; adding help and software management features; and building, branding, testing, and shipping finished software. They demonstrate current best practices for developing modular and dynamically extensible systems, using third-party code libraries, packaging applications for diverse environments, and much more. For Java programmers at all levels of experience, this book Introduces important new RCP features such as p2, Commands, and Databinding Thoroughly covers key RCP-related technologies such as Equinox, SWT, JFace, and OSGi Shows how to effectively brand and customize RCP application look-and-feel Walks through user interface testing for RCP applications with SWTBot Illuminates key similarities and differences between RCP and conventional plug-in development Hands-on, pragmatic, and comprehensive, this book offers all the real-world, nontrivial code examples working developers need-as well as "deep dives" into key technical areas that are essential to your success.

Author Biography

Jeff McAffer has been part of Eclipse since the beginning and currently co-leads the Eclipse Equinox OSGi, RT, and RCP teams. He also has leadership roles in the Eclipse and Tools Projects at Eclipse and is the lead author of OSGi and Equinox: Creating Highly Modular Java Systems Systems (Addison-Wesley, 2010).
Jean-Michel Lemieux, lead architect of the Jazz project, has been a committer on the Eclipse Team and CVS components since the project's inception.
Chris Aniszczyk is the co-lead of Eclipse's Plug-in Development Environment (PDE), sits on the Eclipse Architecture Council, and represents the Eclipse committers on the Eclipse Foundation's Board of Directors.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Eclipse as a Rich Client Platform

Eclipse RCP Concepts

RCP by Example

Tutorial Introduction

The Hyperbola Application

Starting the Hyperbola Prototype

Adding Actions

Adding a Chat Editor

Branding Hyperbola

Packaging Hyperbola

Messaging Support

Adding a Login Dialog

Adding Key Bindings

Adding Help

Adding Update

The Workbench

Workbench Advisors

Perspectives, Views, and Editors

Actions

Customizing Workbench Windows

Customizing the Presentation of Views and Editors

Development Processes

Integrating Code Libraries

Installing and Updating Plug-ins

Dynamic Plug-ins

RCP Everywhere

Building Hyperbola

The Last Mile

Reference

OSGi Essentials

Eclipse.org Plug-ins

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