Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

Do you want to build a domain-specific tool for the cloud? Does your solution contain features such as form-based editors, tree views, graphical editors, model comparison, model validation, model analysis or even code generation? Are you wondering how all the nice features and frameworks provided by EMF and its ecosystem can be used in a cloud-based tool? Join this talk and learn more about how to build web-based tooling with Eclipse technology and in particular with EMF.cloud!

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

Getting started with Eclipse Theia

Jonas Helming (EclipseSource)

Are you interested in web-based IDEs or even in building a domain-specific tool in the cloud for your domain? Are you looking for an open and more flexible alternative to VS Code that also runs online in a browser? Have you heard about Eclipse Theia and want to learn more about it? Then join this talk to get started with Eclipse Theia.

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

Diagram editors in the web with Eclipse GLSP

Philip Langer (EclipseSource)

Maximilian Koegel (EclipseSource)

Do you want to build a modern, web-based diagram editor, maybe integrated into Eclipse Theia or VS Code? Are you wondering how to replace GMF or similar frameworks in your cloud-based tool and how to migrate existing diagram editors to the web? Then join our talk and learn about the Eclipse Graphical Language Server Platform (GLSP)!

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

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

Matthias Becker (SAP SE)

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 icons

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

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

Expressions in models: how to integrate them?

Vincent HEMERY (CS GROUP)

In complex EMF models, you often need to insert expressions, such as conditions, number calculations, or even algorithm descriptions. Understanding how to insert such expressions is useful not only to metamodel designers but to all stakeholders. This is a very common requirement, which may lead to a disastrous user experience when not addressed correctly.

I will show the different recipes we adopted throughout the years, their drawbacks and advantages.

Experience level:

Intermediate

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs

Everything can be as easy as clicking a link - How to handle custom URL schemes in your Eclipse based application

Matthias Becker (SAP SE)

Eclipse Platform 4.10 introduced “Link Handlers”. With that Eclipse platform can now handle custom URL schemes.
In the meantime the Link Handler infrastructure has been adaopted by various projects.

Experience level:

Beginner

Web and Desktop Tools & IDEs