Practical Eclipse Rich Client Platform Projects

This is the first practical book on Eclipse Rich Client Platforms and the only current one with the latest Eclipse spec. It explains technical concepts, includes plenty of source codes and images, and contains many projects and case studies.

Eclipse and the Rich Client Platform (RCP) together form a leading development platform. It provides a lightweight software component framework based on plugins. In addition to allowing Eclipse to be extended using other programming languages, it provides the key to the seamless integration of tools with Eclipse. The RCP gives Eclipse its modularity: Eclipse employs plugins in order to provide all of its functionality on top of (and including) the RCP, in contrast to some other applications where functionality is typically hardcoded. RCP apps are platform independent: they can be built for all major operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac from a single code base. And the RCP provides a professional look and feel for applications.

Practical Eclipse Rich Client Platform Projects is a clear and technical guide for Eclipse developers to help them enhance their knowledge and achieve their goals quickly.

• The book explains the technical concepts easily and in an engaging way.
• The text provides plenty of source code and images as learning aids.

• Several practical projects and case studies are included.

  First practical projects/case studies type book on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) May likely be the only up to date book on Eclipse RCP Eclipse is still the leading, adopted Open Source Java IDE (Integrated Development Environment) Platform, and is backed by one of the world's largest IT companies, IBM

  Autorentext
  Vladimir Silva holds a master's degree in computer science from Middle Tennessee State University. He worked for four years at IBM as a research engineer, where he acquired extensive experience in distributed and grid computing research. Vladimir is a highly technical, focus-based individual and team player. He belongs to two national honor societies, has published many computer science articles for IBM, and is author of Grid Computing for Developers (Charles River Media, 2005) and RCP Practical Projects (Apress, 2008).

  Inhalt
  Foundations of Eclipse RCP.- Plug-ins: A First Glimpse.- RCP Basics.- User Interface Concepts.- Forms API and Presentation Framework.- Help Support.- 2D Graphics with GEF and Zest.- 3D Graphics for RCP with OpenGL.- Professional Reports with the Business Intelligence and Report Toolkit.- Automated Updates.