The document discusses the new open-source Eclipse plugin for Salesforce development. It describes the history of the original plugin and reasons for updating it, including using the Tooling API and open sourcing the code. Developers can now contribute changes by forking the project repository on GitHub and submitting pull requests. The document reviews the different available versions and outlines the process for testing changes locally and getting updates incorporated into the main branch.

1. Open-Source Eclipse Plugin
August 28, 2014

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6. Agenda
 The New Eclipse Plugin
 The Different Versions
 Doing Your Own Updates
 Getting Your Updates Incorporated
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The New Eclipse Plugin

8. Plugin History
 Original Plugin
– Authored in 2007 (!)
– Utilized Metadata API
– Proprietary parser
– Works with Eclipse 3.6
 Tooling API & Developer Console
 Plugin Update
– Eclipse 4.3, Java 7
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9. In With The New
 Few Modifications
– Tooling API
– New Parser
– Silly Fixes
 Open Source
– Github repository
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The Different Versions

11. What Could I Install?
 Currently Supported Release
– IDE Install Page, developer.salesforce.com
 Work-in-progress Version
– Master branch in Github
– Will become Currently Supported Release
 Previously Supported Releases
 Other Versions??
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12. Making Your Own Changes
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13. Overview of typical workflow
 Fork the forcedotcom/idecore repository
 Set up your workspace
followingforcedotcom/idecore/wiki/Getting-Started
 Find (or create) an issue on forcedotcom/idecore/issues
 Work on issue and test your changes
 Submit a pull request
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14. Under the hood

15. Partner
WSDL
Apex Deploy Exec Anon
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Metadata
WSDL
Tooling
WSDL
Apex
WSDL
Editors Build Views …

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17.  Configuration files
– plugin.xml
– manifest.mf
– build.properties
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 Configuration files
– core-application-context.xml
• aspects.xml
• components.xml
• plugin-contributions.xml
• services.xml
• static-content.xml

18. Let’s make a change

19. Testing The Plugin
 Unit Tests
– Run on your org(s)
– Run on a trial org
 Org Builder
– Currently internal to Salesforce
– Eventually available to you
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20. Getting Your Updates Incorporated
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21. Branches, Forks, and Commits (oh, my!)
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Master Fork
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22. What Can I Do?
 Bug Fixes
 Minor Features
 Feature Enhancements
 Big Features
 Submit ideas (…and then implement them!)
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23. What Will Be Accepted?
 Bug Fixes
 Minor Features
 Features Already On Our Backlog
 CLA – Contributor License Agreement
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24. Community Version
 Unsupervised branch
 A home for items not in master
 Super-set of supported functionality
 Select which features you want and / or trust
(Note: this does NOT exist yet!)
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25. The Plugin Now Belongs To Everyone
 You are hereby challenged…
 Salesforce will continue to do its part
 Together we can do more!
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Josh Kaplan
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https://github.com/forcedotcom/idecore/wiki/Getting-Started