Start with Your Application

Generating a sample RCP
Application project   (1:24 = 1 minute, 24 seconds)
Create a RCP Application project based on the Contact Manager template. This project will be used throughout these demos.

Design Your Application GUI with SWT Designer

Designing JFace Dialogs (4:14)
Quickly create and design JFace Dialogs using SWT Designer.

Designing JFace Wizard Pages (2:41)
SWT Designer lets you quickly create and design JFace WizardPages.

Designing JFace Application Windows (4:48)
SWT Designer provides powerful graphical interface for laying out the contents of the window and for defining actions and assigning them to the window's toolbar and menu.

Creating Custom Composites (3:35)
With SWT Designer, you can easily create your own custom composite and use it in your application.

Using FormLayout (2:54)
The SWT Designer fully supports FormLayout and you can easily configure the layout graphically.

Data Binding (Eclipse 3.3 only) (7:53)
SWT Designer lets you quickly create and edit data bindings.

Designing Menus (4:20)
Using Designer, it is quick and painless to create menu bars and popup menus.

Creating Event Handlers (2:43)
Designer makes it easy to add and remove event listeners to your controls.

Using Templates (2:23)
Designer makes it easy to create custom widget template that allows you to save your own default properties for a control.

NLS Tools (Internationalization) (7:31)
Designer has a powerful internationalization (i18n) support. It can externalize
component strings, create and manage resource bundles for multiple languages,
switch locales on the fly and edit translated strings in context.

Relationship of movies to Tutorial

The movies can (optionally) be used together with the Tutorial. The Tutorial has a section corresponding to each demonstration. If you want to try the features, you can follow the step-by-step document — using the same project file as used in the demonstrations here. Get the Tutorial from the Documentation page »

Test Your Application GUI with WindowTester SWT

Record and Playback Standalone RCP Application GUI Tests   (3:34)
See how you can use WindowTester to test user interactions against a standalone RCP Application.

Record and Playback Eclipse IDE GUI Tests  (3:25)
See how you can use WindowTester test user interactions against the Eclipse IDE.

Record and Playback Standalone SWT Application GUI Tests   (3:17)
See how you can use WindowTester to test user interactions against a standalone SWT Application.

Document Your Project with Help Composer

Generating a Sample Help Project   (1:48)
The Help Composer component of RCP Developer streamlines the creation of documentation that is fully compatible with the Eclipse Help system.

Linking Help to the Menu  (2:20)
This demonstrates how to link your Help project to your application's Help menu.

Deploy Your Project with RCP Packager

Exporting Your RCP Project   (1:43)
The RCP Packager component of RCP Developer provides an easy to use export functionality to prepare your RCP application for packaging.

Generating Your Installer Project   (1:48)
The RCP Packager component of RCP Developer has a wizard that lets you quickly create an installer project that you can deliver to your users.