Eclipse Rich Client Applications Develop Desktop applications on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform Ketan Padegaonkar Sriram Narayanan

What are we going to cover ? Eclipse is more than just a Java IDE What’s common between desktop applications How the Eclipse RCP helps How the plug-in architecture works Getting started Let’s develop an application Becoming proficient Eclipse development activity in Pune

Eclipse is more than just a Java IDE

What’s common between desktop applications

How the Eclipse RCP helps

How the plug-in architecture works

Getting started

Let’s develop an application

Becoming proficient

Eclipse development activity in Pune

What makes a smart app ? Ideally, run on multiple platforms Tight integration with OS (DnD, System Tray, Clipboard) Ease of deployment, management Responsive UI Can be extended easily

Ideally, run on multiple platforms

Tight integration with OS (DnD, System Tray, Clipboard)

Ease of deployment, management

Responsive UI

Can be extended easily

What Eclipse provides Components from an eco-system Native user experience Portability Install and Update Development tooling support Component libraries

Components from an eco-system

Native user experience

Portability

Install and Update

Development tooling support

Component libraries

Developer focus Focus on delivering applications Cannot give much time to designing UI and other basic infrastructure for each application

Focus on delivering applications

Cannot give much time to designing UI and other basic infrastructure for each application

What is RCP? A platform to build client apps with rich functionality Open-source (EPL) History: Eclipse 2.1 (2003) Eclipse is an IDE. Hackers in the community start building “non-ide” apps based on Eclipse technology Eclipse 3.0 (2004) Refactored out the “IDE” out of the workbench An empty workbench Integration with OSGi Cleaning up dependencies (Help, Updates, etc) Eclipse 3.1 (2005): improved tooling, richer API

A platform to build client apps with rich functionality

Open-source (EPL)

History:

Eclipse 2.1 (2003) Eclipse is an IDE. Hackers in the community start building “non-ide” apps based on Eclipse technology

Eclipse 3.0 (2004)

Refactored out the “IDE” out of the workbench

An empty workbench

Integration with OSGi

Cleaning up dependencies (Help, Updates, etc)

Eclipse 3.1 (2005): improved tooling, richer API

More than a Java IDE Strengths include the plug-in architecture A growing eco system that includes reporting, database, web app and debugging tools Everything is a plug-in – including Java language support !

Strengths include the plug-in architecture

A growing eco system that includes reporting, database, web app and debugging tools

Everything is a plug-in – including Java language support !

Some smart apps

Maestro – The Mars Rover

IBM Workplace Client

Bioclipse

Eclipse Trader

Getting Started 10 minutes

The Learning Curve Java and brief Eclipse architecture Online articles and samples available Online help groups available Read, Read, Read Follow the samples and practice on your own Learn to ask questions (there is no such thing as a dumb question)

Java and brief Eclipse architecture

Online articles and samples available

Online help groups available

Read, Read, Read

Follow the samples and practice on your own

Learn to ask questions (there is no such thing as a dumb question)

RCP in action OSGi and runtime UI SWT, JFace, Workbench, Text, Forms, GEF User assistance Help, Intro, Cheat Sheets Deployment JNLP, Updates Modeling and visualization EMF and GEF Reporting BIRT Tooling (PDE, VE, WTP)

OSGi and runtime

UI

SWT, JFace, Workbench, Text, Forms, GEF

User assistance

Help, Intro, Cheat Sheets

Deployment

JNLP, Updates

Modeling and visualization

EMF and GEF

Reporting

BIRT

Tooling (PDE, VE, WTP)

How plugins work

How plugins work

OSGi and Runtime OSGi - The framework behind the plug-in architecture Runtime CONTRIBUTION RULE Everything is a contribution. LAZY LOADING RULE Contributions are only loaded when they are needed.

OSGi - The framework behind the plug-in architecture

Runtime

CONTRIBUTION RULE Everything is a contribution.

LAZY LOADING RULE Contributions are only loaded when they are needed.

Eclipse from 1000 feet

Workshop Develop an RCP application to process insurance proposals. Add functionality incrementally Deploy functionality using updates Includes UI and POJOs

Develop an RCP application to process insurance proposals.

Add functionality incrementally

Deploy functionality using updates

Includes UI and POJOs

Code development in progress 

What have we just covered ? Deploy an RCP application GUI on top of domain objects Deploy plug-ins manually Creating update sites Deploy plug-ins via update manager Mostly no recompilation of code Extension points Branding your RCP application

Deploy an RCP application

GUI on top of domain objects

Deploy plug-ins manually

Creating update sites

Deploy plug-ins via update manager

Mostly no recompilation of code

Extension points

Branding your RCP application

Some tutorials at Eclipse Drag and Drop Develop plug-ins Develop GUI and GUI components Manage updates Profile and debug your applications Workbench internals OpenGL and Eclipse

Drag and Drop

Develop plug-ins

Develop GUI and GUI components

Manage updates

Profile and debug your applications

Workbench internals

OpenGL and Eclipse

Managing, deploying New features, bug fixes Customer specific features Customers can roll back changes if they want to

New features, bug fixes

Customer specific features

Customers can roll back changes if they want to

Eclipse development workflow

Eclipse from 10000 feet

Inside the plug-in

All the plug-ins put together

The Eco system Everything is a plug-in Java, C++, Ruby, PHP BIRT DTP J2EE support TPTP (expand the acronym) AspectJ

Everything is a plug-in

Java, C++, Ruby, PHP

BIRT

DTP

J2EE support

TPTP (expand the acronym)

AspectJ

Database Tooling screenshot

TPTP screenshot

Impact on your career Changes your perspective on developing applications Learn great development practices Develop faster Release maintainable and extendable apps Component based thinking

Changes your perspective on developing applications

Learn great development practices

Develop faster

Release maintainable and extendable apps

Component based thinking

Eclipse in Pune Pune Eclipse Platform Developers’ Group Members are people like you and I Ask questions on developing apps Most responses will be links to articles Not a forum for help on Java development Moderated – no spam Plans for meetings once a month Show your Eclipse applications and receive feedback http://groups.google.com/group/eclipse-pune-dev/

Pune Eclipse Platform Developers’ Group

Members are people like you and I

Ask questions on developing apps

Most responses will be links to articles

Not a forum for help on Java development

Moderated – no spam

Plans for meetings once a month

Show your Eclipse applications and receive feedback

http://groups.google.com/group/eclipse-pune-dev/

Contact info www.eclipse.org www.eclipse.org/articles Pune Eclipse Platform Developers’ Group http://groups.google.com/group/eclipse-pune-dev/

www.eclipse.org

www.eclipse.org/articles

Pune Eclipse Platform Developers’ Group

http://groups.google.com/group/eclipse-pune-dev/