The article provides an overview of the most important diagram editor features of Eclipse GLSP. The Eclipse Graphical Language Server Platform is a framework for efficiently implementing web-based diagram editors, e.g. for VS Code, Eclipse Theia or in any web application. In this article, we provide a quick overview of the user-visible features that GLSP enables. We explicitly skip details as well as features that...
Read MoreAre you interested in creating an editor displaying data as a tree structure with a detail form in Eclipse Theia, such as the screenshot shown below? In this article we introduce the tree editor framework for Eclipse Theia, which supports exactly that. The framework provided by the EMF.cloud project provides all the basic requirements out-of-the-box so you only need to implement the domain-specific part, e.g....
Read MoreEclipse GLSP is a framework to build diagram editors based on web technologies. These diagram editors can be embedded into any web page, but also into web-based IDEs such as VS Code or Eclipse Theia. By using a browser widget, the diagram editors can even be used in desktop tools such as the Eclipse IDE. To ease the integration of diagram editors built with Eclipse GLSP,...
Read MoreDo you want to convert EMF model instances into JSON or vice versa? Do you want to make EMF data available via REST services? Then carry on reading. In this post, we introduce the EMF JSON Jackson mapper that has been contributed to EMF.cloud! When implementing tools or business applications using EMF in the backend, you often have to bridge between Java (EMF) and JavaScript (JSON)....
Read MoreHave you heard about Eclipse Che and wonder how it compares to VS Code Online or “VS Code Codespaces”? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Are you confused what the role of Eclipse Theia is in this comparison? Then keep on reading! The world of online IDEs and cloud-based tools is currently very vibrant and active. Three of the most prominent IDE projects of recent years...
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that with the Eclipse Release 2020-09, we have also shipped EMF Forms and EMF Client Platform 1.25.0! All closed tickets in 1.25.0 can be found here and all “test” bug reports can be found here. Please see here for a more detailed description of this tag. With the 1.25.0 release, we also complete an internal restructuring of the project regarding EMF Client...
Read MoreAre you interested in implementing a new domain-specific tool in the cloud and based on Eclipse Theia? Or do you want to migrate an existing modeling tool for engineers into a web-based solution? Does your tool require features such as diagrams, code generators, a textual DSL, a form-based editor and model analysis, all in the browser/cloud? Do you have doubts about what is possible, which...
Read MoreThis article provides an overview on how to develop a Eclipse Theia plugin and thereby extend the Theia IDE with new and custom features. Please note that there are two ways of extending Eclipse Theia: plugins and extensions. This article focuses on plugins, please also see our related articles for a comparison of Theia plugins and extensions and on how to develop extensions for Theia. Probably...
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that with the Eclipse Release 2020-03, we have also shipped EMF Forms and EMF Client Platform 1.24.0! All closed tickets in 1.24.0 can be found here and all “test” bug reports can be found here. Please see here for a more detailed description of this tag. Please note that for the upcoming iteration, until 2020-06, we plan to do some clean up...
Read MoreIn this article we´ll answer the most frequently asked questions about Eclipse Theia, the open source platform for building web- and cloud-based IDEs and Tools. This article provides an overview, quick answers and references to follow up reads. What is the Eclipse Theia? Eclipse Theia is an open source platform for building web- and cloud-based tools and IDEs. Possible use cases range from providing custom language support,...
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