I'm manipulating SWT library for Java with Eclipse. It's cool however something is missing. Eclipse doesn't propose any thing concern SWT, Ctrl-Space seems losing its magic.
I'd like to know if we can add Autocompletation for SWT and Do you know any cool site to learn SWT
Thanks
If you are creating a project that uses SWT, and you'd like to have all the SWT source and Javadoc available while you're coding, you probably want to use the PDE version of Eclipse. This version comes with all of the source and documentation for all of the SWT, JFace, and Eclipse RCP classes, and provides useful functionality if you are ultimately going to create an RCP application or plug-ins for one.
No auto-completion? That's not supposed to happen. Does your project compile? Do you have the swt.jar in your build path? Does the JDK version work with the SWT version?
Anyway if you want all the documentation, completion etc, if you're using IDE Eclipse, you need both swt.jar and swt.zip - the source. Add swt.jar to build path, tie swt.zip for source and build the project. If still doesn't work try Refresh and build again.
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I've been looking into scala lately and from the conciseness and language features I'm completely thrilled.
I have netbeans 8.0 running on ubuntu 12.04 and downloaded scala, edited netbeans.conf (netbeans_default_options="-J-Dscala.home=...), installed plugins from plugin manager inside netbeans (ALL OF THEM). Then, I created scala project (not maven one) and tried out autocomplete. It works, compiles, runs, however, it shows no document found in autocompletion.
This is how I added javadocs Tools > Scala platforms > javadoc tab
I tried adding following ways:
added the entire scala api doc zip from http://downloads.typesafe.com/scala/2.11.2/scala-docs-2.11.2.zip
extracted the previous zip to scala-home folder under $SCALA_HOME/docs/javadocs/scala-docs-2.11.2 and added that
same as 2 but added $SCALA_HOME/docs/javadocs/scala-docs-2.11.2/api in netbeans
None of these pick up documentation! Of course, I could live without it, but it's such a killer for such a concise language where I could just find out stuff instantly from autocompletion. Also, I don't want to use eclipse special ide for scala because I don't want to throw out all the experience with netbeans out of the window and learn new IDE.
P.S. - Netbeans navigator also seem not to work in scala.
And I wonder why there's so little content on google for such a wonderful language?
There is no need to change to IntelliJ. Use the right build tool -sbt or Maven- and everything works fine.
In Netbeans you can use e.g. free Application Servers.
Netbeans support for scala seems pathetic so I just decided to jump to IntelliJ IDEA. It was little bit of learning curve but I'm glad I did because now everything was working (autocomplete, documentation, awesome SBT support etc. etc.)
I'm using Eclipse for Android coding. I wanted to make another version of my application for Desktops, but couldn't find any option to add a JFrame layout or something.
I found out that there's a plugin provided by Google called "Window Builder", and a variety of other plugins, but in Netbeans I don't have to download any kind of plugin, it comes with it.
Does Eclipse have a GUI-building support out-of-the-box (without any plugins)?
No, you will need a plugin for that.
The Eclipse RCP - Rich Client Platform is the library you are looking for, this is a getting started tutorial.
RCP is the eclipse based Swing like library used to build eclipse itself, similar to the Netbeans Platfom.
I'm trying to do this tutorial after having installed Eclipse Juno 4.2 service release 2 (Java EE distribution) und following exactly the GWT installation instructions over here.
However, I neither get the WindowBuilder entry under Preferences, nor is there a WindowBuilder entry in the new projects dialog appearing. What am I doing wrong?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.02 LTS on amd64, and I have tried oracle jdk 7u17 and Ubuntu's own jdk6 distribution, but to no avail...
Just tried the same in Win2k3. Exact same result. Google is starting to annoy me. GWT 2.5.1 throws an error when trying one of my simplest projects...
Update: it is working to some extent. Meaning: WindowBuilder does not recognize GWT Designer's installation and offers to install GWT Designer for Eclipse 3.7. The designer toolbar's GWT selection possibilities therefore are not there.
Update: bug filed.
Update: bug was closed as won't fix. They don't care.
They do care. GWT is a magical development environment, under constant evolution.
They have to race with new versions of browsers, Javascript and releases of Eclipse, so sometimes tiny things may not be always documented up to date. The tutorial you are trying to run is made for GWT Designer 2.3, GPE 2.3, Eclipse 3.7 & Java 1.6.
This tutorial works also perfectly well for Juno 4.2 SR2 with a few minor changes:
In step 1, just Create a Web Application Project. You can generate project sample code, make sure that things work and then clean it up and stick with the folder layout.
In step 3, just add a class and make it extend com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite. Add an empty Constructor and then you can open the GWT Designer as always, in order to do the rest. The CSS styleName property has been improved. There are tool-tips to guide you.
PS: My tests were made in Ubuntu12.04-32bit, WinXP-32bit and Win7-64bit with JDK1.7.0_17-32bit and Eclipse-32bit.
In case the designer tab does't show up by default, I noticed that I can get it by right-clicking the .java on the package explorer and selecting 'open with ...' 'WindowBuilder Editor'.
I understand that I need RCP for eclipse plugin and eclipse RCP development. However, as I have some crashes, and software installation issues, I guess I have to use eclipse classic until the issues are solved.
What makes eclipse for RCP different from eclipse classic?
I checked eclipse download page, and to me it seems like that eclipse classic doesn't have any feature whereas RCP has a lot.
Are the features only difference between the two choices?
If so, can I download the features/plugins to use all the RCP features in eclipse classic without any problems?
All the downloads on the eclipse.org page are only predefined packages of generally available Eclipse plugins. So you can always install any plugin into any existing Eclipse installation (assuming no dependency conflicts). The package selection on the download site only determines what is pre-installed (and it is hard to disable the pre-installed features).
For RCP development you need the JDT and PDE features. Both the "classic" as well as "for RCP development" packages contain those, so it is still your choice.
If you really want a minimalistic Eclipse suited to your needs, then install the "Platform Runtime Binary" from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.2.1-201209141800/, which is an "empty" Eclipse. Afterwards install only your chosen plugins using the update manager.
Is there any open source java decompiler for netbeans just like jadclipse for eclipse.
What I do, I decompile the JAR with jd-gui, save all the sources, then create a new library in Tools -> Libraries, and add the new sources zip in the sources tab, job done.
There is this plugin to integrate JAD into NetBeans, but it unfortunately has not been updated to work in NetBeans 6.8, so it may be of limited value.
Have at look at http://java.decompiler.free.fr/. I don't know actually if it can be plugged into netbeans but it ships which it's own gui, is capable of loading may jars at a time and allows quick navigation through the classes.