Eclipse IDE Learning Notes

For Eclipse plug-in Project

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1.Menu (menu bar) filenew (new project)

New Plug-in Project

• Project-->plug-in development-->plug-in Project
• "Would-to-create a rich client application" is set to "Yes".

Import (Importing an existing project)

Existing Project

• General-->existing Project in Workspace

Export (exporting project into JAR package)

If you are an Eclipse plug-in project, you need to select plug-in development

Editsourcerefactornavigatesearchprojectrun

• Run
• Run configurations
• Debug
• Debug configurations

Windowpreferences (Preferences) Help2.window (form) 2.1.Editor (main interface for programming)

Pde-editor (Plug-in development enviroment Editor)

2.1.1.[overview]tab2.1.2. [Dependencies] Tab2.1.3. [Runtime] Tab2.1.4. [Extensions] Tab2.1.5. [Extension Points] Tab2.1.6. [Build] Tab2.1.7. [MANIFEST. mf]tab2.1.8. [Plugin.xml] Tab2.1.9. [Build.properties] Tab2.2.package (Resource Manager) 2.2.1.General Project Hierarchy (file structure)

  
 

   
  

  
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|- .classpath
   
  

  
|- .project
   
  

  
|- build.properties
   
  

  
|- HelloTeamcenter.launch
   
  

  
|- plugin.xml（插件）
   
  

  
|- fragment.xml（插件片段）
   
  

  
|- feature.xml （功能部件）
   
  

  
|- META-INF/
   
  

  
 |- MANIFEST.MF(jar package metadata)
   
  

  
|- .settings/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- icons/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- lib/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- bin/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- src/
   
  

  
 |- ...
  
 

2.2.2.Java Project Hierarchy (file structure) 2.2.3.plug-in project Hierarchy (file structure)

  
 

   
  

  
-
   
  

  
|- .classpath
   
  

  
|- .project
   
  

  
|- build.properties
   
  

  
|- HelloTeamcenter.launch
   
  

  
|- plugin.xml（插件）
   
  

  
|- fragment.xml（插件片段）
   
  

  
|- feature.xml （功能部件）
   
  

  
|- META-INF/
   
  

  
 |- MANIFEST.MF(jar package metadata)
   
  

  
|- .settings/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- icons/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- lib/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- bin/
   
  

  
 |- ...
   
  

  
|- src/
   
  

  
 |- ...
  
 

2.3.Preferences (Preferences form) 2.3.1. Adding a platform

• Plug-in development-->target Platform
• Add button-->%tc_root%\portal folder

2.3.2.Eclipse Workspace

• General > Startup and Shutdown Check Prompt for workspace on Startup
• or configuration.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs Modify Recent_workspaces

2.3.3. Adjusting fonts

• General-->appearance-->color and Fonts-->basic-->text Font

2.4Debug configurations (Debug Settings page) 2.4.1. [Main] Tab2.4.2. [Arguments] Tab3.plug-in Plugin subclipse (SVN tool)

• Site
• Eclipse Update Site url:http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.10.x
• Zipped Downloads

GUI Tools

• Visual Editor (VE)
• SWT Designer
• Jigloo

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