Graphiti Demo by Michael Wenz at the 2011 Indigo Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf (May 25, 2011)

1. Michael Wenz
SAP AG
Graphiti
in
1 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

2. Graphiti is
An Eclipse Modeling project under GMP
A plain Java-API for writing graphical editors inside Eclipse
Available in version 0.7.1 for download and usage (Incubation)
“The goal of Graphiti is to support the fast and easy
creation of graphical tools, which can display and edit
underlying domain models using a tool-defined
graphical notation.”
2 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

3. Graphiti Offers
Fast and easy development
Common look and feel
of graphical editors for all Flat learning curve
with sensible defaults
kinds of domain models
• First results with very low • Platform specific • User interactions were
effort by using default technology (e.g. GEF / designed in close co-
implementations and Draw2D on Eclipse) is operation with usability
strong framework hidden from developer specialists
3 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

4. Graphiti is Used
Eclipse JPA Editor Eclipse eTrice Eclipse BMNP2
Modeler project
proposal
Activity BPMN Lots of Of course SAP
Designer individuals… internally...
4 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

5. 5 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

6. News on Graphiti
First of all:
• Graphiti is part of the Indigo release train!
• Version 0.8.0 will be released on June 22
Lots of enhancements, round-offs and bugfixes have
gone into 0.8.0
• News&Noteworthy document can be found at
http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti/pages/whats-new.html
6 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0

7. More Information on Graphiti
Project page
• http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti
Give it a try
• Either use the proven 0.7.1 version
• Or have a look into the upcoming 0.8.0 RC1
• http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti/download.php
• Install the SDK and step through our tutorial
Visit the forum and give us feedback
• Graphiti Forum
• Graphiti Bugzilla component under Modeling GMP
And …
• … build a great tool and let us know!
7 Graphiti | © 2011 by Michael Wenz, made available under the EPL v1.0