Nebula project is an aggregator where different Eclipse projects and independent contributors collaborate on building Custom SWT widgets and reusable UI-Components useable in UI-Applications built using SWT, JFace and RAP. main references: Nebula project website Eclipse Wiki: Nebula Contributions Nebula technology project overview, developer resources, Nebula builds, Nebula open bugs. Get Read more…
Any E4 Application is based on the application model, which is generated starting from an EMF Model. This model is available in the project org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.workbench, hosted in the eclipse.platform.ui repository. Open model>UIElements.ecore to see the EMF Model The basic elements, like Part, CompositePart, InputPart, etc.. are defined under the basic Read more…
Environment Setup and Source Code As prerequisite we will need to get Eclipse SDK and add the E4 Tools. in this tutorial we use Eclipse IDE for Eclipse Committers 4.5.0 M5 plus the E4 Tools I20150105-1100. The source code for this examples is in project com.asegno.e4app.first , clonable from https://github.com/psuzzi/asegno.git repo. Create an E4 RCP Application CTRL+N Read more…
reference prepare dev environment: java 7 or 8 + javafx libs. JavaFX not visible to OSGi classpath: According reference some check is required to ensure a proper JVM is installed and JavaFx library is accessible install e(fx)clipse JavaFX-PDE_Integration and additional features, from Kepler, Luna, Mars Nightly or Mars Milestones update Read more…
Since BIRT charting is complex, here are some tips to understand this better. Source code for BIRT examples The most effective way to develop applications using BIRT charting API is to get the source code for org.eclipse.birt.chart.examples on your workspace; run the chart examples and then write your own code. To Read more…
As per reference ( https://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/How_to_Contribute ) .. You’ll need to know a few things before you contribute code L.V. Environment Setup Get Eclipse SDK (I-Build or M-Build) from the download page, unpack it and open the workspace you use to contribute. Download the platformUiTools.p2f provided by the Eclipse platform team and install the required Read more…
This post describes how I install Java, Ant and Maven on my Windows PC, and how I setup the environment variables for development. Install Java, Ant and Maven When installing Java, Ant and Maven, I’m using C:\opt as basefolder, instead of the standard C:\Program Files (x86) directory. Install Java, Multiple Versions To Read more…
Search for eclipse.plaform.ui in eclipse git repositories. Click on project name to see the main page for the git project repository: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/ In this page are listed the commits. In the bottom left there are three alternative URLs for getting the source code. I choose the git one, then clone via command Read more…
Learning Git, by reading Lars’ book on Git ; Sopot’s suggested Git official documentation and Dani’s recommended Git Parable. Install Git On Windows The easy way to install Git for Windows is by installing GitHub for Windows (ref). After verifying the connection with my GitHub repository, I can start Eclipse, and connected to the same repo Read more…
I’m following the Lars’ book “Contributing to Eclipse Platform”, and these are some synthetic notes on the content. These notes can be exploded into a real-life tutoria on contribution, by adding images, notes and personal experience. Plugins and Features create eclipse plugin, no activator, template hello world command manifest.mf > Read more…