Ian Bull

Tuesday, September 15th, 09:00-10:00 PST
(12:00-1:00 pm Eastern, 18:00-19:00 CET)

Abstract:

The p2 provisioning platform has replaced Update Manager as a mechanism for managing Eclipse based applications.  While p2 is most notably recognized for managing Eclipse installs, p2 has been designed as a general purpose provisioning platform for OSGi and Eclipse RCP.

In this webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use p2 to manage your own RCP based application. We will present examples of how you can include the p2 provisioning platform in your existing RCP application to support: 1) software installs, 2) system upgrades, and 3) configuration management. In particular, we will demonstrate how you can:

• Make use of the p2 provisioning platform for software management
• Integrate the creation of p2 repositories into your build system
• Reuse the p2 user interface and existing work-flows
• Customize the p2 user interface for your specific needs
• Debug common pitfalls
  

The webinar will last about 1 hour and assumes a basic understanding of what RCP development is. No prior p2 experience is needed.

About Ian Bull:

Ian is the component lead for Zest, the Eclipse visualization framework and a committer on the Equinox p2 project.  Ian is also an avid proponent of Model Driven Engineering (MDE) and has studied how MDE can play a role in the design and generation of information visualizations. His interests include software architecture, component oriented design, human-computer interaction and just about everything related to software engineering. Ian holds a PhD from the University of Victoria.