After you've written an eclipse plugin, you might want to turn it into a P2 project or a Java app that allows you to install to your eclipse, dangdangdang~~
This is where you can build your RCP application with the Maven-tycho plugin.
Here is the step by step tutorial:
Eclipse Tycho for building Eclipse Plug-ins, OSGi bundles and RCP applications-tutorial
And then this is a tutorial hit out of the project code: https://github.com/JoyeLuo/tycho-example
Here's a quick idea:
Eclipse Feature: When you install the Eclipse plugin, the name behind the check box shown below can contain multiple eclipse plugin projects
Eclipse P2 Update sites: is to generate a P2 address that contains one or more eclipse feature that you can install directly
Eclipse Produce: is an eclipse that integrates your custom plugin, which can be used directly after decompression.
How to build your own Eclipse RCP application with maven Tycho