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Today’s displays are not 92 DPI any more - How to make your SWT application look great on modern displays

Eclipse based applications use SWT as widget toolkit. SWT has built-in support for high resolution displays that also includes high resolution graphics.

This session explains

what needs to be done so that graphics like icons are rendered crisp also on high resolution displays like 4K monitors or Retina displays
what needs to be considered when designing and drawing icons in Inkscape

I will give tips and tricks I have collected during my endeavour to make the icons of the Eclipse project look nice on high resolution displays.

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

SWTChart@Eclipse - technical details

Philip Wenig (Lablicate GmbH)

Charts are used everywhere. It's an important tool for data scientists. When working in a web environment, d3js [1] is still the number one choice. Desktop application developers might get envious when having a look at the possibilities d3js offers. But it's no reason to resign. Charting frameworks are available for Java desktop applications too. An easy way to get started is to use SWTChart [2]. It relies on the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) and offers a simple way how to easily create even enterprise ready charts. The following chart types are supported:

Experience level:

Intermediate

Built on Eclipse Technologies

Plugin development strategy : still Eclipse 3? Really?

Olivier Prouvost (OPCoach)

Let’s take 35 minutes to explain how you can write your new plugins using the Eclipse 4 concepts and definitively stop to use the E3 UI extension points.

Writing pure Eclipse 4 plugins is easier (thanks to injection, application model fragments, spies, …) and simplifies the unit tests for UI components.

This talk will also explain how to mix your pure E4 plugins properly with your E3 legacy plugins. It will be a complementary talk if you could not attend the E4 tutorial.

Experience level:

Intermediate

Tools & IDEs