Eclipse Plugin and Eclipse RCP Tutorials

Eclipse 4 Development

• Eclipse 4 RCP - Tutorial
• Eclipse 4 Platform Services - Tutorial
• Eclipse 4 CSS Styling- Tutorial
• Eclipse 4 and the Compatibility Layer - Tutorial
• Eclipse 4 Renderer - Tutorial
• Eclipse 4 Editor - Implementing the Edit and Save Paradigm
• Eclipse 4 Preferences - Tutorial

Eclipse RCP and Plugin Development

• Eclipse RCP Tutorial
• SWT Tutorial
• Eclipse Commands Tutorial
• Eclipse Commands Advanced - Tutorial
• Define Keybindings for Eclipse Commands - Tutorial
• JFreeChart in Eclipse RCP - Tutorial
• How to create Eclipse plugins from jars
• Eclipse Editor Plugin Tutorial

Eclipse JFace

• Eclipse JFace Overview
• Eclipse JFace Table - Tutorial
• Eclipse JFace Table - Advanced Tutorial
• Eclipse JFace Tree - Tutorial
• JFace Data Binding - Tutorial
• Eclipse SWT and JFace Dialogs in Eclipse plug-in development - Tutorial
• Creating Eclipse Wizards - Tutorial

Eclipse RCP Advanced Topics

• Eclipse Extension Points and Extensions - Tutorial
• Eclipse Jobs and Background Processing
• Eclipse RCP and Plugin Internationalization - Tutorial
• Eclipse Drag and Drop - Tutorial
• Eclipse Forms API - Tutorial
• Microsoft and Java Integration with Eclipse - Tutorial
• Eclipse Preferences - Tutorial
• Eclipse Source Code - Tutorial
• Eclipse JDT - Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and the Java Model - Tutorial
• Adding Help to Eclipse RCP Applications - Tutorial
• SWTBot for testing Eclipse Applications - Tutorial

Eclipse Plugin Development

• Extending Eclipse - Plug-in Development Tutorial

OSGi

• OSGi with Eclipse Equinox - Tutorial

Modeling

• Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Tutorial
• Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Persisting models via XMI
• Java Emitter Template (JET) - Tutorial
• Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Notifications and Adapters
• JFace Data Binding and EMF - Tutorial

Eclipse Frameworks

• Eclipse Zest - Tutorial
• Reporting with Eclipse BIRT and Java Objects (POJO's) - Tutorial
• Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) - Tutorial

Eclipse Build and p2

• Eclipse RCP Update with p2 - Tutorial
• Eclipse PDE Build - Tutorial
• Eclipse Feature and Fragment Projects - Tutorial

Draft

• Eclipse Builder - Tutorial
• Xpand - Tutorial

Eclipse 4 RCP - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview about the Eclipse 4 application platform. This tutorial describes the creation of Eclipse 4 based applications, e.g. Eclipse RCP applications. It describes the modeled application concept and the new programming model which is based on annotations and dependency injection.

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Eclipse 4 Platform Services - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview of the available services of Eclipse 4 for developing Eclipse RCP applications and Eclipse plug-ins based on Eclipse 4.x.

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Eclipse 4 CSS Styling- Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an introduction into the CSS styling capabilities of Eclipse 4.

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Eclipse 4 and the Compatibility Layer - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview on how to use the Compatibility Layer in Eclipse 4 to run plug-ins based on the Eclipes 3.x API.

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Eclipse 4 Renderer - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview about the rendering framework introduced in Eclipse 4.

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Eclipse 4 Editor - Implementing the Edit and Save Paradigm      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview how preference values can be used in Eclipse 4.

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Eclipse 4 Preferences - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview how preference values can be used in Eclipse 4.

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Eclipse RCP Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to develop Eclipse RCP applications. It is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Eclipse Indigo).

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SWT Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes SWT the user interface toolkit used by the Eclipse IDE. This article was written using Eclipse 4.2 (Juno).

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Eclipse Commands Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the usage of Eclipse commands. It describes how to create commands, handlers, add commands into the menu, pop-ups, views and editors and the usage of expressions to restrict UI contributions. This article is based on Eclipse Helios (3.6).

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Eclipse Commands Advanced - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes use cases for Eclipse commands which go beyond the simple one for adding commands to menus, toolbars, etc. This article is based on Eclipse Indigo (3.7).

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Define Keybindings for Eclipse Commands - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to define shortcuts for Eclipse commands. This article is based on Eclipse Indigo (3.7).

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JFreeChart in Eclipse RCP - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the usage of JFreeChart within an Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) application. It will use the JFreeChart SWT implementation and it based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and JFreeChart 1.0.13 but should also work with later version.

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How to create Eclipse plugins from jars      [Top]

This article describes how to create Eclipse plugins (OSGi bundles) from standard Java libraries delivered as jars. This article is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Helios).

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Eclipse Editor Plugin Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to create an editor and how this editor can be filled from a view. The tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Eclipse Indigo).

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Eclipse JFace Overview      [Top]

This tutorial gives a overview about Eclipse JFace. It discusses the base concept of JFace Viewers and the JFace LocalResourceManager. The tutorial is is based on Eclipse 4.2 (Juno).

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Eclipse JFace Table - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial explains the usage of Eclipse JFace TableViewer including label and content provider. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo).

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Eclipse JFace Table - Advanced Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial explains advanced usage of the JFace TableViewer including inline table editing, table filtering and sorting, and model / view interaction. StyledLabelProvider are also discussed. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo).

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Eclipse JFace Tree - Tutorial      [Top]

This article explains the usage of Eclipse JFace TreeViewer. It is is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo).

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JFace Data Binding - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial explains Eclipse JFace Data Binding which can be used to synchronize data between different objects. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and Java 1.6.

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Eclipse SWT and JFace Dialogs in Eclipse plug-in development - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the different kind of Dialogs which can be used in Eclipse plug-in development. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 4.2 (Eclipse Juno).

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Creating Eclipse Wizards - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to create and use Eclipse Wizards. It is based on Eclipse 4.2 (Eclipse Juno) but covers also Eclipse 3.x releases.

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Eclipse Extension Points and Extensions - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the definition and usage of the Eclipse Extension Points. The article is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) and Java 1.6.

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Eclipse Jobs and Background Processing      [Top]

This tutorial describes the concept of the main user interface thread in SWT and how to synchronize other threads with this thread. It also explains the usage of the Jobs API in Eclipse plug-in projects for performing asynchronous tasks. This tutorial can be used for Eclipse 3.x and Eclipse 4.x based plug-ins.

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Eclipse RCP and Plugin Internationalization - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to externalize your strings in Eclipse RCP and Eclipse plug-ins and how to support different languages. Includes how to translate your Eclipse 4.x workbench model. This article is based on Eclipse 4.2 (Eclipse Juno).

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Eclipse Drag and Drop - Tutorial      [Top]

This article demonstrates the usage of Drag and Drop in the Eclipse framework. The article assumes that you are familiar with Eclipse RCP development. In this article Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) is used.

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Eclipse Forms API - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to build User Interfaces using Eclipse Forms.

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Microsoft and Java Integration with Eclipse - Tutorial      [Top]

This article will demonstrate how Eclipse SWT can be used to integrate / use Microsoft applications. Eclipse is using the SWT GUI framework. SWT does allow to integrated Microsoft application via OLE (Object Linking and Embedding).Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel and the File explorer are used as examples. The examples used are based on Eclipse RCP as this makes it easy to demonstrate the usage but work also with standalone Java application (which are using SWT). This article assumes that you are already familiar with using the Eclipse IDE and with developing simple Eclipse RCP applications.

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Eclipse Preferences - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the usage of Eclipse preferences and preference pages. Within this tutorial Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) is used.

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Eclipse Source Code - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial explains how to work with the Eclipse source code. It assumes that you are already familiar with using the Eclipse IDE and is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Eclipse Indigo).

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Eclipse JDT - Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and the Java Model - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how the Eclipse JDT (Java Development Tools) and the Eclipse AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) can be used to access, change and read the elements of a Java program. In this tutorial Eclipse 3.7 is used.Level of this tutorial: Advanced

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Adding Help to Eclipse RCP Applications - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to add help to an Eclipse RCP application. It is based on Eclipse Indigo (3.7).

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SWTBot for testing Eclipse Applications - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to use SWTBot to test Eclipse RCP applications. Within this tutorial Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) is used.

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Extending Eclipse - Plug-in Development Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the creation and deployment of Eclipse plug-ins. The article is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Eclipse Indigo) and Java 1.6.

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OSGi with Eclipse Equinox - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial gives an overview of OSGi. It explains the creation and consumption of OSGi services via ServiceTrackers and declarative services. Eclipse Equinox is used as an standalone OSGi server. For this tutorial Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) is used.

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Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes the usage of the Eclipse EMF framework for modeling your data model and creating Java code from it. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo).

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Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Persisting models via XMI      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to persists Eclipse EMF in XMI (XML). This article is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Helios).

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Java Emitter Template (JET) - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes the usage of Eclipse JET to transform Eclipse EMF models into other output. This article is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Helios).

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Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) - Notifications and Adapters      [Top]

This article describes the notification functionality of Eclipse EMF.

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JFace Data Binding and EMF - Tutorial      [Top]

This article explains the usage JFace Data Binding for Eclipse EMF, This article is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Helios) and Java 1.6.

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Eclipse Zest - Tutorial      [Top]

Eclipse Zest is a visualization toolkit for graphs. This tutorial explains how to create directly a Zest graph and how to use the JFace abstraction. In this tutorial Eclipse 3.6 (Eclipse Helios) is used.

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Reporting with Eclipse BIRT and Java Objects (POJO's) - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to use Eclipse BIRT for reporting on simple Java Objects (POJO's). The tutorial explains also how to deploy the resulting BIRT report into a webcontainer (Tomcat) and how to use it in an Eclipse RCP application. Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) is used for this tutorial.

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Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes how to create Eclipse RAP applications and how to use the CSS theming to modify their look. Eclipse RAP aims to enable developers to build rich, Ajax-enabled web applications by using the Eclipse development model. This tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo).

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Eclipse RCP Update with p2 - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to setup and use Eclipse p2 for Eclipse RCP application to install new features and how to add auto-update (self-update) functionality for the application. Its based on Eclipse 3.7.

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Eclipse PDE Build - Tutorial      [Top]

This article describes how to use Eclipse PDE Build to create automatically a running application from source code. This article uses Eclipse 3.5 and Java 1.6.

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Eclipse Feature and Fragment Projects - Tutorial      [Top]

This tutorial describes the purpose and usage of Eclipse feature projects and Fragments.

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Eclipse Builder - Tutorial      [Top]

This article contains currently only a link to a tutorial for builder and natures. Please move on.. Currently in EARLY DRAFT.

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Xpand - Tutorial      [Top]

This articles describes Xpand. It is based on Eclipse 3.6 (Helios). This article is currently in EARLY DRAFT.

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