Eclipse RCP Applications with e4, plus some extra GEF4 demo

1. Eclipse RCP
Applications
Central California Java User Group
02/12/2016, Bitwise South Stadium, Fresno, CA
Csaba Toth

2. About me
 Csaba Toth csaba.toth.us@gmail.com,@tocsa2
 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/csabatothdev
 Polyglot full-stack developer (C++, Java, C#, Python)
 Full time remote developer of SportsBoard (WestShore Tech is
located in Sausalito, CA), living in Fresno, CA
 Plus has a consulting company
 Co-founder of Nashville JUG
 Founder of Central California JUG

3. Agenda
 Eclipse Architecture
 Eclispe Plugins and RCP Applications
 Dependency Injection
 Taking advantage of other Eclipse building blocks

4. Architecture of Eclipse

5. Eclipse Platform

6.  Window
 Parts: views and editors
 Containers: part stack and sash
Application parts

7. Commands and Handlers

8. Reusing Eclipse Frameworks
 GEF (Graphical Editing Framework) / GEF4
 EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework)
 Demo: GEF4 MVC Example, JavaFX UI

9. RCP Demo

10. RCP Demo
 Repo: https://github.com/MrCsabaToth/RCPDemo

11. GEF4 MVC Example
 Demo: GEF4 MVC Example, JavaFX UI
 1. Install this GEF4 version to Eclipse (from file):
http://www.eclipse.org/gef/download.php?file=/tools/gef/gef4/do
wnloads/drops/3.11.0/I201512260302/GEF4-Update-3.11.0.zip
 2. Source code repo, import as existing project:
https://github.com/MrCsabaToth/gef4.mvc.tutorial
 3. Turn off API warnings and also the API base level error should
be warning instead

12. GEF4 MVC Example

13. Thanks for listening
 Questions?
 Csaba Toth
 Download: http://www.slideshare.net/tothc
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/csabatothdev

14. Links
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseRCP/article.html#eclipseapplications
http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/desktop-java/ide/eclipse/eclipse-rich-client-platform-rcp-tutorial/
http://www.eclipsesource.com/blogs/2012/06/12/eclipse-4-e4-tutorial-part-2/
http://www.programcreek.com/2013/03/eclipse-gef-tutorial/
http://profytrolle.net/gef/GEF_Tutorial.pdf
http://examples.javacodegeeks.com/desktop-java/ide/eclipse/eclipse-window-builder-tutorial-gui-creation/
https://github.com/frankbenoit/gef4.mvc.tutorial
http://fbenoit.blogspot.de/2015/11/gef4-tutorial-part-7-add-remove.html
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseEMF/article.html
http://o7planning.org/web/fe/default/en/document/763947/install-gef-into-eclipse