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Equinox OSGi Tutorials

Webinar - OSGi and Equinox Tutorial

Jeff McAffer - May 20, 2010
Running Time: 2 hours

This abbreviated version of our popular mini-course is designed to provide a clear understanding of the essential concepts, facilities and advantages of this key technology. This session will be of use to anyone interested in building flexible systems in Java. It is particularly useful for technical managers and decision makers to help them better understand the overall runtime technology.

Webinar - OSGi and Equinox Jumpstart

Jeff McAffer and Chris Aniszczyk - June 30, 2009
Running time: 3 hours

This mini-course is designed to give you a clear understanding of the essential concepts, facilities and advantages of this key technology. This session will be of use to anyone interested in building flexible systems in Java. It is particularly useful for technical managers and decision makers to help them better understand the overall runtime technology.

Webinar - Equinox Ganymede

Jeff McAffer - August 5, 2008

In this presentation Jeff McAffer introduces Equinox and its use as a set of building blocks for creating applications. We overview the architecture and technology, and demonstrate many of the building blocks using an example client/server application.

Webinar - Eclipse Equinox and Component Oriented Development

Jeff McAffer - December 17, 2007

Michael Coté has a webinar, this time around the idea of using Eclipse’s OSGi framework for a back to front runtime. The first installment - in two parts - is on the core of the Eclipse runtime, Equinox, done by Jeff McAffer.

Webinar - OSGi on the Server-side: Eclipse Europa Equinox Demo

Jeff McAffer - June 21, 2007

In this webinar, Michael Coté talks with Eclipse Equinox project lead Jeff McAffer about the new version of the Eclipse Equinox OSGi framework in Eclipse Europa. We see a demo of the the new server-side capabilities in Equinox and the development model used. The notion of "modules" and "components" is fast becoming an important topic in the Java world, so it's interesting to see the Eclipse platform's framework moving from the desktop to the server.

Podcast - OSGi and Equinox

Jeff McAffer - February 14, 2007

In this podcast, Jeff McAffer, Eclipse Equinox Project Lead, discusses Eclipse membership in the OSGi Alliance, the factors motivating the adoption of OSGi as the component model for Eclipse, the cool places that OSGi turns up, and the rosy future of OSGi and Equinox.

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Yoxos Webcasts

Enterprise IDE provisioning with Yoxos 4

Jordi Lopez and Ian Bull - May 14, 2009

EclipseSource experts Jordi Lopez and Ian Bull talk about the new Yoxos 4. In addition to a live software demonstration, Ian and Jordi will discuss how Yoxos leverages the full power of p2 to enhance the overall experience. A brief review of Yoxos SecureSource, the new certified open source repository from EclipseSource will also be provided.

RAP Webcasts

Webinar - Single Sourcing with RAP and RCP Tutorial

Ralf Sternberg and Benjamin Muskalla - May 17, 2010
Running time: 2 hours

In this tutorial Ralf Sternberg and Benjamin Muskalla demonstrate how the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) and the Rich Client Platform (RCP) are used to create both desktop and web application using a single code base.

No prior RAP experience is needed.

Webinar - Single-Sourcing Techniques for RAP and RCP

Frank Appel, October 23, 2008
Running time: 1 hour

Presentation Slides .pdf
RAP code examples .zip
Webinar audio with presentation slides - .wmv - .mp4

What you will learn

an overview of the architecture of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) and the Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP)
how to get started working with RAP including a quick tour of the RAP Widget Toolkit
what the key differences are between RCP and RAP applications
best practices for programming single sourced RCP/RAP applications

p2 Tutorials

Provisioning RCP applications with p2

Ian Bull - September 15, 2009

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, you will see how you can use p2 to manage your own RCP based applications.

Remote Provisioning With p2

Jeff McAffer - May 4, 2009

In this video Jeff McAffer, EclipseSource CTO, demonstrates how to define, provision and manage remote Eclipse, Equinox and OSGi-based systems using p2 technology. The presentation highlights the extensibility and flexibility by showing a combination of standard p2 function and EclipseSource extensions for remote scenarios. Upcoming videos build on this base and show the use of p2 in server and cloud-based environments.

Introduction to Equinox p2

Pascal Rapicault - IBM - July 14, 2008

Equinox p2 is a component of the Eclipse Equinox project. p2 provides a framework for provisioning Eclipse-based applications. It replaces Update Manager as a mechanism for managing your Eclipse install, searching for updates and installing new functionality.

p2 UI Walk-Through

Pascal Rapicault - IBM - July 14, 2008

This presentation covers the new p2 UI and shows how p2 helps users manage their plug-ins and stay up-to-date.

Overview and installation
Installation from a local site
Update of installed software
Installation through dropins folder

RCP Tutorials

Webinar - Single Sourcing with RAP and RCP

Ralf Sternberg and Benjamin Muskalla - May 17, 2010

No prior RAP experience is needed.

Webinar - Eclipse Rich Client Platform

Jeff McAffer - March 13, 2007

The main focus of this presentaton is the development of rich client applications using Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). It discusses how and where rich client technology fits in the enterprise, and provides several examples of RCP applications. This presentation also discusses (at a high level) the Eclipse projects, community, eco-system, and foundation.

Webinar - Building Rich Clients using Eclipse RCP

Jeff McAffer - September 26, 2006

The main focus of this tutorial is the development of rich client applications using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). It discusses how and where rich client technology fits in the enterprise, and provides several examples of RCP applications. The video presentation provided below was created for a recent webinar and includes a demonstration of the creation of an Eclipse RCP application based on some existing components.