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EMF Forms: A Question of Effort

Apr 15, 2014

A comparison between view modeling and manual UI programming In my previous blog, I introduced EMF Forms, a subcomponent of EMF Client Platform (ECP), which supports the development of form-based user...

3 Good Reasons to Avoid Arrays in Java Interfaces

Apr 11, 2014

If you still find yourself defining methods like this public String[] getParameters(); in an interface, you should think again. Arrays are not just old-fashioned, there are good reasons to avoid...

Getting started with Eclipse 4 applications on RAP

Apr 10, 2014

In this blog post I’ll introduce you to using Eclipse 4 on RAP. Eclipse 4 on RAP means the use of Eclipse 4 API’s without the 3.x compat layer. Eclipse 3.x API users can simply stick to...

Introducing Eclipse 4 on RAP

Apr 10, 2014

Today I am happy to announce that RAP and Eclipse 4 can now be used together. Over the last couple of months we have been working with Tom Schindl, who will be reporting on RAP and Eclipse4 as a guest...

EMFStore 1.2.0 RC released

Apr 4, 2014

We just released EMFStore 1.2.0 RC. Apart from a number of smaller improvements and bug fixes, there is one new feature I would like to point out: EMFStore now includes extension points and API which...

EMF Client Platform and EMF Forms on Eclipse 4 (e4)

With release 1.2.x, EMF Client Platform and EMF Forms officially support the Eclipse 4 Application Platform (e4). In fact, it has been possible since release 1.1.0 to develop e4 applications based on...