1. Eclipse E4
Eclipse, the web and OpenSocial
Gadgets

2. About me – Lars Vogel
• Works for SAP as Product Manager
• Outsite SAP:
– Open Source Fan
– Tries to help the community via Java/ Eclipse Tutorials on www.vogella.de
– Eclipse E4 committer
www.twitter.com/vogella

3. Eclipse E4
• Explore new aproaches for Eclipse technologies
• Eclipse 3.x and Eclipse E4 will co-exists

4. Eclipse E4 - Overview
• Modelled Workbench
• Eclipse can be styled via CSS
• XWT – Declarative UI via XML
• Dependency Injection
• Improved resource handling
• Better Web integration
– Using HTML for UI‘s
– Plugins written in Javascript
– OpenSocial Gadgets
• …..

5. Eclipse and the web
• E4 targets to bring the Eclipse IDE closer to the web
• One way would be to run Eclipse in the web, e.g. via Eclipse
RAP
• Another way would be to run the web inside Eclipse
This demo shows how to bring the web to Eclipse

6. SWT Browser Widget
Demo

7. OpenSocial Gadgets
• Basically XML files with JavaScript which is placed on a server
• Must follow the OpenSocial specification
• Can be integrated in the big social sites (expect Facebook)
• Allow social interaction
• Reference implementation for an OpenSocial Container
Apache Shindig

8. OpenSocial Gadgets

9. Demo
• OpenSocial Gadgets (main developers Boris Bokowski and
Benjamin Cabé)

10. OpenSocial Gadgets in Eclipse

11. Why is this cool?
• Web integration allows the extension of Eclipse without any
knowledge of Eclipse API, just use XML and JavaScript
• Deeper integration with Web and Eclipse possible
– Using the selection service in Eclipse
– Preference Store
– Etc.
• You will be able to style SWT similar to a web app
• OpenSocial Gadgets
– Existing spec, existing gadgets
– Opens up Eclipse

13. Info – Lars Vogel
Lars.Vogel@gmail.com
www.vogella.de
www.twitter.com/vogella
Infos about OpenSocial Gadgets:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/OpenSocialGadgets
http://www.vogella.de/articles/OpenSocialGadgets/article.html

14. Rational Software | Eclipse
Eclipse Application Services
(“Twenty Things”)
• Editor lifecycle • Long-running operations
• Receiving input • Progress reporting
• Producing selection • Error handling
• Standard dialogs • Navigation model
• Persisting UI state • Resource management
• Logging • Status line
• Interface to help system • Drag and drop
• Menu contributions • Undo/Redo
• Authentication • Accessing preferences
• Authorization
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