Eclipse RCP Tutorial updated to Helios
I’m happy to announce that I updated the Eclipse RCP Tutorial to Helios. Looking at the revision history I was (again) surprised that I maintain this tutorial since Sep. 2007.
This time I made a full cycle; I tried not only to adjust the tutorial to the minor UI changes in Eclipse Helios but also to re-structure the tutorial and the text to improve it’s readability. I added more pictures which hopefully make the Plugin concept easier to understand.
Please note that the URL has changed to http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseRCP/article.html so in case you have saved this link I encourage you to update this to the new URL. But URL forwarding is setup so don’t worry to much.
I hope this tutorial continue to help new RCP developers to find their way into the fascinating world of plugin and RCP development.
Have fun hacking Eclipse RCP!

June 21st, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Lars, what is different in terms of API compared to the last version of your great tutorial?
June 21st, 2010 at 2:44 pm
@Kai AFAIK there were no relevant API change in Eclipse 3.6 for this tutorial. So the update contains mainly screenshots, re-structuring of the text, more images, etc….
July 21st, 2010 at 7:33 am
Perfect tutorial for newbies like me =) Thanks!
But, one question -how download sources as whole eclipse project?
July 21st, 2010 at 8:05 am
@Evgin I assume you mean the examples for the tutorial? Currently I don’t have a download option for the tutorials.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:23 am
I see. =(
Thanks anyway!