In this session we will present two different case studies about how DTP is being used in commercial applications and the potential for DTP in RCP applications. First, as with every release, the DTP team has worked to make DTP more RCP-friendly. Though we didn't quite get as far as we'd have liked, we have reduced the footprint a bit and created a new RCP workspace for doing database tasks such as connecting to databases, executing queries, inspecting results, creating database objects, and so on. In this part of the talk, we'll cover a checkpoint as to where we are with RCP support, what we're getting into DTP for Helios, and screen shots or a demo (if time allows) of the RCP application we'll have available for developers to extend. Then... Motorola uses the Data Tools Project components in their commercial MOTODEV Studio for Android product. Data Tools delivers an effective and visually attractive interface for developers who want to view and modify SQLite databases on the Android emulator and developer phones. In this session, Motorola engineers will describe how they integrated the DTP components in record time and made their Product Manager understand why open source is so cool.

1. DTP (Data Tools Platform) in the
Real World
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2. Brief Agenda...

Talk about DTP in RCP
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Talk about how DTP is being used in a commercial
application
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3. DTP in RCP: A Checkpoint
Brian Fitzpatrick
Sr. Software Engineer, Red Hat/JBoss
March 24, 2010

4. Welcome!

During this brief talk, we're going to talk a bit about:
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What is DTP?
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DTP's Efforts to make using DTP in RCP easier
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What we've added in Helios to jump-start DTP/RCP
development
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And a plea for help to keep DTP alive...
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5. A Little History...
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The Data Tools Platform (DTP) was created in 2006
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At a high level, we focus on providing an environment to
configure data sources
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At the practical level, we focus mostly on providing a
way for Eclipse developers to create and manage
database connections and metadata and then interact
with those databases
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(We do more than that too, but that's mostly what people
know about us.)
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6. DTP at a High Level
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Connectivity
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SQL Tools
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Enablement
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ODA
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7. DTP in RCP
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When RCP came around, you were able to use most of
DTP in it except when it came to the SQL development
tools, which had many more dependencies than most
RCP application developers really wanted.
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But you were (and still are) able to use the Connectivity
frameworks and UI pretty easily in RCP.
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Adding more than that was a bit... tricky
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8. For Galileo...

In Galileo, the SQL Dev Tools team did some
refactoring to try and make the UI/framework separation
more prevalent

Though they were partly successful, it introduced some
issues that we have been working to resolve in the
Galileo service releases and in Helios
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9. For Helios...
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Though it's not part of the build, we've added a new
DTP RCP application
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Here's the CVS information:
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:extssh:bfitzpatrick@dev.eclipse.org:/cvsroot/datatools
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org.eclipse.datatools.enablement
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org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.rcp
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10. DTP Database Development Workbench
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Incorporates the DTP
Database
Development
perspective
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Provides all the
basics for connecting
to and interacting with
DTP-enabled
databases
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11. Is it done? Heck no...
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The goal for this release is simply to put the beginnings
of a RCP-based database development tool out there
for developers
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It needs work to support multiple platforms (Windows,
Mac, Linux)
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Can probably be slimmed down and cleaned up further
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12. Thanks Go To...
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Enrico Schenk and Jo Peel, both formerly of Ingres
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Enrico was kind enough to contribute the base for the
RCP tool to Enablement last year and it's taken this long
to get it into DTP
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13. DTP Needs YOU!
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Do you use DTP currently or are you looking at using it
in the near future?
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Are there areas of DTP you can contribute to?
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Please join us!
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Check us out online:
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http://eclipse.org/datatools/
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http://wiki.eclipse.org/Data_Tools_Platform_Project
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http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/dtp-dev/maillist.html
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http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.dtp/maillist.
html
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14. Thanks!
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15. DTP in the Real World
MOTODEV Studio
Eric Cloninger – Motorola
Ruth Soliani – Eldorado Research Institute
March, 2010

16. Agenda
 Motivation
 Live demo
 Making of

17. Motivation
 MOTODEV Studio for Android
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/
 Feature request:
 Ability to browse Android databases inside MOTODEV
Studio
 Data Tools Platform (DTP) project available for
reuse

18. Live Demo

19. Making of
JDBC driver: http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/ DTP

20. Making of
 Effort: ~4 staff-month
 Prompt support from DTP team
 Bugs

21. Thank you!
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/