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Eclipse's Rich Client Platform, Part 2: Extending the generic workbench

Jeff Gunther (jeff.gunther@intalgent.com), General Manager, Intalgent Technologies
Jeff Gunther is the General Manager and founder of Intalgent Technologies, an emerging provider of software products and solutions utilizing the Lotus Notes/Domino and Java 2 Enterprise Edition platforms. Jeff Gunther has been a part of the Internet industry since its early, "pre-Mosaic" days. He has professional experience in all aspects of the software life cycle including specific software development expertise with Lotus Notes/Domino, Java/J2EE technology, DHTML, XML/XSLT, database design, and handheld devices. You can contact him at jeff.gunther@intalgent.com.

Summary:  This tutorial, the second in the "Eclipse's Rich Client Platform" two-part series, continues exploring the Eclipse Rich Client Platform by expanding the previous discussion. It demonstrates how to use views, actions, and wizards to assemble a complete application.

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Date:  27 Jul 2004
Level:  Intermediate
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About this tutorial

The second of a two-part series, this tutorial explores Eclipse's Rich Client Platform (RCP). Part 1 began with a review of the Eclipse project and the relevance of the RCP within the marketplace. It discusses the Eclipse plug-in architecture and outlines the necessary steps to implement an RCP application. After providing the necessary background information, you began creating a project within the Eclipse V3.0 IDE. You defined a plug-in manifest, were introduced to extensions and extension points, and created a basic perspective. Using these components, you created some additional supporting Java™ classes and launched a stand-alone RCP application.

Part 2 leverages the discussion from Part 1 and explores how to use other Eclipse user-interface (UI) components, such as views, actions, and wizards, to assemble a complete application. In this tutorial, you'll create a front end for the Google API that will give you the ability to query and display search results from Google's extensive catalog of Web sites. Having an application that demonstrates some of these technologies in action will provide you with an understanding of the RCP platform.

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Prerequisites

You should understand how to navigate Eclipse V3.0 and have a working knowledge of Java technology to follow along. You do not need a background in Eclipse plug-in development or an understanding of technologies such as the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) and JFace. Part 1 provides a brief introduction to each of these complementary technologies. This tutorial explores the code and supporting files so you can grasp how to construct an RCP application.

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System requirements

While not a requirement, you'll find this tutorial easier to follow if you download, install, and configure Eclipse V3.0, a 1.4 Java Virtual Machine, and Apache Ant. If you don't have these tools installed, please reference, download, and install the following resources:

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