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- 1. XMind One of the Best Eclipse RCP Apps frank@xmind.net twitter:@frankshaka weibo:@frankshaka Frank Shaka CTO/Co-Founder, XMind Ltd.
- 3. XMind is... • a cross-platform brainstorming and mind mapping tool that's easy to use and easy to extend • an application based on Eclipse RCP • an open source project "Best Commercial RCP Application" of Eclipse Community Awards at EclipseCon 2008 "Best Project for Academia" of SourceForge's 4th Annual Community Choice Awards in 2009
- 5. –Tony Buzan “A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain.”
- 6. Mind Maps are Useful... • to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, ... • for studying/organizing information, solving problems, clarify thinking, making decisions, writing, ... • in many personal, family, educational and business situations, including note-taking, brainstorming, summarizing, memorizing, categorizing, ... • improving learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note-taking
- 7. Hand Drawn Mind Maps Reference: http://mappio.com/mindmap/learning-fundamentals/population-explosion
- 8. Mind Mapping Software Reference: http://www.xmind.net/m/DLKZ/
- 9. • Pens and paper, the classic way • Slow • Bounded • Hard to make modifications • Waste of environmental resources • Computer, keyboard, mouse, touch, etc. • Fast • Boundless • Easy to reorganize/refactor • Support for additional diagrams, like tree chart, org chart, spreadsheet, gantt chart, etc. Hand Drawn Mind Maps vs. Mind Mapping Software
- 11. XMind ❤ Eclipse
- 12. XMind ❤ Eclipse • Cross Platform Windows, Mac OS X, Linux • Modularity Plug-in system, RCP, p2 • Mature Code Base SWT, JFace, Equinox, GEF • Powerful IDE and SDK JDT, PDE, EGit, TPTP
- 13. Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) • An extendable framework to facilitate rich client application development • org.eclipse.ui + org.eclipse.core.runtime • Write once, run anywhere • Bundled as native apps, in contrast to traditional Java applications (.jar)
- 14. XMind Software Architecture XMind Distribution Package Mind Map Editor Other UI Contributions Cathy Application Mind Map Viewer Workbench (Editors, Views) XMind Core Draw2D JFace SWT Equinox
- 15. Challenges • The classic user interface is over 7 years old
- 16. XMind 2008 in 2008 XMind 6 in 2015
- 17. Challenges • The classic user interface is over 7 years old • Flat design of major platforms
- 19. Challenges • The classic user interface is over 7 years old • Flat design of major platforms • Hard to customize Workbench's look and feel using 3.x APIs
- 21. e4 CSS Spy 3.x Compatibility Layer EventAdmin Addons EModelService EPartService Hierarchical Contexts Model Fragments CSS Widget Styling Custom Renderer Dependency Injection Application Model
- 22. Goals of New XMind UI • Migrate from 3.x API to e4 (long term) • Adapt to flat design • Redesign main toolbar • Redesign tab folder • Usability improvements
- 25. Target Release Later this year
- 26. Thanks and Q/A