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I want to implement an Eclipse plugin of my project which is in swt. What is a good tutorial with examples?
I want to run my project in Eclipse when the user clicks my project's (plugin) icon. Which tutorial should I read?
http://vogella.de has a lot of great articles on this. Start with Eclipse Plugin Development Tutorial.
This can be found by googling How to write Eclipse plugin (with animation, but requires JavaScript).
Eclipse has a guide for that too, Your First Plug-in.
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I installed JavaFX 11 in Eclipse using a custom User Library with JavaFX in it, but now I would like to be able to see the documentation in the tooltip windows in Eclipse. Currently it is showing me this:
How do I implement this correctly?
This problem occurs quite often. But there is a simple solution; add the preferences (Add the JRE in your JDK similar like that).
For more information please see here: Solution JRE
After adding the javadoc source to library it should work (hopefully).
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I've got a bunch of data stored in tables through Mysql on which I've done some analysis and also export microsoft excel to make graphs and such but the customer wants it to be a desktop application which I have never done before. Currently working in Eclipse. What is the simplest (or any really) way to make a desktop application?
EDIT: I don't think I was clear and that is my fault. I know how to make a GUI in Eclipse I just don't know how to make the desktop icon that will bring up the GUI I make.
For beginners you can start with Swing or JavaFx. It's easy to learn plus they have some excellent tutorials or you can look use more mature Java Frameworks such as Apache Struts, Spring MVC etc.
You can also try netbeans IDE. It has native support for building JavaFX Application and Swing application.
Just make sure you install required plugin to setup your environment in eclipse. For JavaFX you'll need JavaFX plugin: e(fx)clipse.
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I would like to add a feature to a plugin which I am developing.
This feature, when activated by the user, would create (or prompt and guide) a new project for the user, and this project would have a per-bundled structure. Is this even possible?
If not, what are some alternatives to have an Eclipse plugin setup a specific Eclipse project for a user?
Take a look at BasicNewProjectResourceWizard.
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can anyone give me a java swing form designer, like a plugin to eclipse.
Have googled for months and hanvt found any good.
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The biggest contribution to Eclipse GUI builders was made by Google. Check out Window Builder - really awesome tool!
There is the WindowBuilder Pro from Google, that can be installed as Eclipse plugin. There is also the JGoodies JFormDesigner, but I'm not sure whether it can be used as a plugin.
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How can I start writing a plugin for Eclipse?
I've looked for documentation, but unfortunately there is very little or it's poor, so what articles can recommended?
There are some pretty good resources and tutorials on the main Eclipse and IBM's site. One of the best ways is to pick an open source plug-in that has some similar features to what you want to do and start to dissect it.
PDE Does Plug-ins
Plug-in development 101, Part 1: The fundamentals
Eclipse Plugins Exposed, Part 1: A First Glimpse
Developing Eclipse plug-ins
Eclipse has a pretty good "Your First Plug-in" tutorial. If it is confusing, I'm sure they would greatly appreciate your feedback. Keep in mind that Eclipse is essentially Java, so if you don't have a good grasp of Java go for general Java tutorials first, and then come back to Eclipse development.
O'Reilly has two good Eclipse Plugin tutorials:
Eclipse Plugins Exposed
Develop Your Own Plugins for Eclipse
They not only go through the simple code examples, but give you screen shots of the process since a lot of work is done through wizard type interface windows.
If these aren't helpful, perhaps you could be more specific as to what is difficult to follow.
-Adam
The best step-by-step that covers almost every aspect of plugin development is the book "Eclipse: Building Commercial Quality Plugins".
It's available at most book shops and electronically at safari:
http://safari.oreilly.com/9780321574435
I found a great Eclipse plugin tutorial named Extending Eclipse - Plug-in Development Tutorial.
I think a very good resource is also to look at the examples that are available via the new Plug-In Project wizard.
Depending on what you want to provide with your plug-in, you can choose from editor plug-ins, view plug-ins, plug-ins that provide a property page (just to name a few) and see how they're built and what extension points they implement.