You’ve probably heard about Theia, which helps building multi-language cloud and desktop IDEs. But what happens when you try and use it to build a custom model-oriented product, just like we used to do with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform?
8 years ago, I shared a few SWT components on Google Code and named the project "Opal"
Eclipse Nebula Team contacted me and we discussed about merging both projects.
The goal of this talk is to explain my motivations, the steps to be a commiter, the tools, the difficulties... and the happiness when you receive THE mail saying : "your code is merged" !
At the end, I'll present some of Nebula components, because Desktop Applications are not dead !
This presentation is accessible for beginners, and was presented at EclipseCon France 2018.
