Eclipse 4 for developers

cool new stuff

vomit
(you coding with Eclipse 4)

Eclipse demo camp Nantes 2012 @xavier_seignard

Eclipse 4 or e4??

hesitation

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/afeman/22931745/ by Andrea Marutti

Eclipse 4 or e4??

Eclipse 4 is the application plateform (E4AP)
e4 is an incubating project to play around the future of the E4AP

Eclipse 4: Application model

eggPack

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spikeyhelen/2863860990/ by spikeyhelen

Eclipse 4: Application model

Structure of your app described by a model (i.e. Parts*)
But not the content of the Part (e.g. SWT widgets)
Arrange Parts using Perspectives, Stacks and Sashes
Connect the UI Part through the Class URI

*Part: View and/or Editor

Eclipse 4: Application model

appModel

Eclipse 4: Dependency Injection

injection

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vculibraries/6032624966/ by VCU Libraries

Eclipse 4: Dependency Injection

POJO POJO POJO POJO POJO POJO POJO POJO!!

Annotations (an excerpt)

		// DI
		@Inject            @Named
		@Optional          @Preference
		// behavior @nnotations
		@PostConstruct     @PreDestroy
		@Execute           @Focus

Eclipse RT injects values and maintains a context
Reduced implements and extends usage

Eclipse 4: Services

waiter

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/piaser/3710966362/ by Gwenaël Piaser

Eclipse 4: Services

EModelService
ESelectionService
ECommandService
EHandlerService
EPartService
IEventBroker
StatusReporter
EContextService
IThemeEngine

Find out more: http://www.vogella.com/articles/Eclipse4Services/article.html by @vogella

Eclipse 4: Event broker

bus

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29714836@N08/2995851157/ by curiouslypersistent

Eclipse 4: Event broker

Publish/Subscribe pattern, with Topics (similar to MQTT)
Subscribe

@Inject
@Optional
void handleMessage(@UIEventTopic("demoCamp/nantes") Object obj) {
	// do something
}

Eclipse 4: Event broker

Publish

@Inject
@Optional
private IEventBroker eventBroker;
...
@Execute
public void execute() {
	...
	// async
	eventBroker.post("demoCamp/nantes", "Hello demo camp!");
	// sync
	eventBroker.send("demoCamp/nantes", "Hello demo camp!");
	...
}

Eclipse 4: CSS Styling

dali

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogaby/2860260345/ by _Fidelio_

Eclipse 4: CSS Styling

Extension point!

<extension
	id="product"
	point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.products">
    <product
        name="demoCampNantes"
        application="org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.E4Application">
		...
        <property
		    name="applicationCSS"
		    value="platform:/plugin/demoCampNantes/css/default.css">
        </property>
    </product>
</extension>

Find out more: http://www.eclipsecon.org/.../2012-EclipseCon-CSS.pdf by @delaweeza

Eclipse 4: CSS Styling

Some CSS

// scoping through workbench model MParts
.MTrimmedWindow Text, .MWindow Text {
	color: ‘white’;
	background-color: ‘black’;
}

Find out more: http://www.eclipsecon.org/.../2012-EclipseCon-CSS.pdf by @delaweeza

Eclipse 4: CSS Styling at runtime!

CSS spy : e4 tools update site
Shift-Alt-F4 (or ⇧⌥F4 for hipsters)

Eclipse 4: Renderers

prism

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shazoor/4813943143/ by Shazoor Mirza

Eclipse 4: Renderers

Use your favorite UI tooklit

JavaFX 2
Swing
Awt
Your exotic UI toolkit

Find out more: http://tomsondev.files.wordpress.com/.../fx_clipse.pdf by @tomsontom

Eclipse 4: Renderers

Extend the application model with your own business Parts

by @vogella

Eclipse 4: Compatibility layer

compatibiltiy

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosipaw/4643095630/ by rosipaw

Eclipse 4: Compatibility layer

e4Archi

Eclipse 4 application platefrom provides a compatibility layer with the Eclipse 3 Worbench API

Source: Eclipse 4 FAQ

Thank you!

And thanks to:

Hugo Bruneliere from AtlandMod Team
Freddy Allilaire from Obeo

for the organization!

And to Mickael Istria for his review