Advanced RCP Tutorial
I am very happy that my tutorial "Advanced Eclipse RCP" got accepted for EclipseCon 2008!
Eclipse RCP vs NetBeans Platform
I am a big fan of Eclipse RCP. But as a software engineer, it is always a good idea to know more than one platform. Since almost one year I…
Eclipse RCP Demo: MP3 Manager 3.3.1 available
MP3 Manager is a little project that I use as a playground for Eclipse RCP features. The whole purpose of it is to share information and best practices, how things…
OSGi with Eclipse RCP: Import-Package vs. Require-Bundle
I am a big fan of both, OSGi and Eclipse RCP. In terms of flexible modular architecture I prefer to use "Import-Package" rather than "Require-Bundle". However, probably due to historical…
Eclipse RCP 3.3.1 and I18N
The last piece to complete my demo application's port to RCP 3.3 would be the localization using different language packs. After one hour I gave up to make the 3.2.1…
Eclipse RCP 3.3 update issue
I have updated my Eclipse RCP demo application using Eclipse 3.3. I ran into problems with the update mechanism, getting errors with regards to the feature org.eclipse.rcp. I already filed…
NetBeans and untrusted certificates (for svn)
It took me a while to figure out how I can make NetBeans work with my self signed ssl certificate that I use for my subversion server: Perform any svn…
Including the Eclipse 3.3 help system in RCP applications
I just updated the help system for one of my tutorial RCP applications to Eclipse 3.3. I wanted to use the Jetty stack instead of Tomcat, like the Eclipse 3.3…
Inconsistencies in Eclipse Project Wizards
Recently I implemented a customer-specific project wizard. Since I didn't want to reinvent the wheel, I took a look at the existing Eclipse project wizards. When comparing them I noticed…
Roku Soundbridge and Fritz!Box Fon WLAN
Recently I purchased a Roku Soundbridge M1001 (in Europe distributed by Pinnacle). I also have a Fritz!Box Fon WLAN. The great thing I just discovered (up and running) is that…