My personal journey with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform began 6 years ago. I was starting work on a financial analysis application, and was looking for a cross-platform framework to build upon. Eclipse was my IDE, and I began to see some interesting Bugzilla entries that pointed me to what would become Eclipse RCP. Like… Continue reading Introducing Modular Mind
Category: Rich Client Platform
Renaming Eclipse RCP – Update
It’s been two months since my post requesting that we rename Eclipse RCP, and I thought it was time to provide a progress update. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Check out the comments on the original post as well as the discussion associated with the Bugzilla entry, and you’ll see what I mean. So… Continue reading Renaming Eclipse RCP – Update
Logging RCP applications with Pax Logging
Adding logging to an RCP application has always been painful. Developers have struggled with the best way to incorporate Log4J and other logging APIs, and in particular with how to make configuration files accessible. Some have chosen to use buddy classloading, others have utilized fragments containing the config files. Pax Logging to the rescue I’m… Continue reading Logging RCP applications with Pax Logging
Let’s rename Eclipse RCP
I love Eclipse RCP. I’ve devoted the last 6 years of my life to developing with RCP as well as teaching it to others. In my opinion it’s one of the most important (and underused) technologies for developing UI applications. Having said all that, the name is horrible and it’s time to change it. My… Continue reading Let’s rename Eclipse RCP
Why get RCP Training?
For those of you considering RCP training, here’s why I think it makes a lot of sense. Time is money The first argument is a purely financial one. It’s just a fact that acquiring knowledge takes time and effort. If you spend days or weeks at your desk assembling information on RCP from websites, articles… Continue reading Why get RCP Training?
Making sense of e4
There was so much going on at EclipseCon last week that I have to admit my head is still spinning. I’m trying to get back to work, but my mind keeps turning to the people I met and the sessions I attended. One area I really wanted to get into at EclipseCon was e4, which… Continue reading Making sense of e4
Real World RCP at EclipseCon
In my opinion, one of the best ways to learn about a technology is to listen to people talk about their own projects. Developers who have been in the trenches and worked through the nitty-gritty day-to-day issues have so much to teach us and can save us a lot of time and effort. If you… Continue reading Real World RCP at EclipseCon
Video and Eclipse
For an upcoming project I need to be able to show Flash videos inside of an RCP application. Java has never been known for its multimedia functionality so I didn’t have very high hopes. Fortunately, with Java Media Components things seem to be moving in the right direction. JMC is an API that allows you… Continue reading Video and Eclipse
Adding the Progress View to your RCP application
Last week Prakash G.R. wrote an excellent post on Using progress bars. This is definitely a post that I’ll be referring my students to in the future. There is still one missing piece to the progress bar puzzle, though, and that is how to add the Progress View itself to your application. You might think… Continue reading Adding the Progress View to your RCP application
Making Music with Eclipse RCP
I’m always on the lookout for Eclipse Rich Client Platform applications that push boundaries. RCP is much too often associated with the Eclipse IDE itself, and this leads us to think that RCP applications need to be IDE-like. But there are many more uses to which RCP can be put, and I think we’re still… Continue reading Making Music with Eclipse RCP