What I like about Eclipse 3.4 JDT

In this screencast you are going to see some of the more interesting changes made to the Java development tools for the 3.4 release of Eclipse:

• Extract class refactoring
• New quick assists
• Java editor breadcrumb

The example used is based on Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring.

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How to: Google Android in Eclipse

The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices. In this two-part screencast you are going to see how to install and use the Android SDK to develop simple Android application using the Java programming language and Eclipse IDE plugin.

First screencast shows how to install SDK, configure Eclipse plugin and run sample Android applications. Second tutorial covers new project creation in Eclipse, use of Android emulator, content model, permissions and navigation model.

Install and configure the Android SDK (03:00):

Developing an Android application (02:50):

Second screencast is derived from (more advanced) example by Dan Morill:

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A first look at Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP)

Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) allows developers to create Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using the OSGi standard component model. The main advantage of this technology is the ability to share the same Java code base for RCP and RIA applications.

In this two-part screencast you are going to see RAP installation process, look and feel of the RAP 1.0 Demo application and creation of the simple RAP plugin.

Installation of the RAP 1.0 using the Eclipse Update Manager (01:15):

RAP 1.0 Demo application. Creation of the "Hello world" RAP plugin (02:15):

Recommended books:

1. Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Designing, Coding, and Packaging Java(TM) Applications

1. Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins (2nd Edition)

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GWT RPC in Eclipse

In this screencast tutorial you are going to see how to use the Google Web Toolkit Remote Procedure Calls. This tutorial covers creation of a simple GWT RPC project in Eclipse IDE.

For basic GWT installation instructions, usage of command-line tools, and Eclipse IDE integration see "Google Web Toolkit - Getting Started Screencast".

Eclipse project generation, GWT-RPC plumbing, GWT-RPC Service interface. (02:05):

GWT-RPC Service implementation, use of the Java Servlet API, asynchronous service interface, client invocation.(04:00):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Google Web Toolkit - Remote Procedure Calls

Learn more about the GWT from these books:

1. GWT in Action: Easy Ajax with the Google Web Toolkit
2. Google Web Toolkit Applications
3. Google Web Toolkit: Taking the pain out of Ajax
4. Google Web Toolkit: GWT Java Ajax Programming
5. Google Web Toolkit Solutions (Digital Short Cut): Cool & Useful Stuff
6. Google Web Toolkit for Ajax
7. Google Web Toolkit Solutions: More Cool & Useful Stuff
8. GWT in Practice (Coming Soon)

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Google Web Toolkit - Getting Started Screencast

In this screencast tutorial you are going to see how to setup and use the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). This tutorial covers installation, basic concepts, usage of command-line tools, and Eclipse IDE integration.

Total running time 08:10 minutes.

The GWT installation, sample applications, running samples in hosted mode and web mode, changing code and recompiling (03:40):

Creating an application from scratch using the CLI tools, Eclipse IDE integration (04:30):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Google Web Toolkit - Build AJAX apps in the Java language
2. Getting started with Google Web Toolkit (GWT) - by Ed Burnette
3. Getting Started With The Google Web Toolkit - by David Salter
4. Build an Ajax application using Google Web Toolkit, Apache Derby, and Eclipse

Learn more about the GWT from these books:

1. Google Web Toolkit Applications
2. Google Web Toolkit: Taking the pain out of Ajax
3. GWT in Action: Easy Ajax with the Google Web Toolkit
4. Google Web Toolkit: GWT Java Ajax Programming
5. Google Web Toolkit Solutions (Digital Short Cut): Cool & Useful Stuff
6. Google Web Toolkit for Ajax
7. Google Web Toolkit Solutions: More Cool & Useful Stuff
8. GWT in Practice (Coming Soon)
9. The Google Web Toolkit (Coming Soon)
10. Head Rush Ajax (Head First)
11. Ajax in Action
12. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

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How to: JSF in Eclipse Europa (Part II)

This screencast is the last in a series of four on Eclipse Europa. Each tutorial builds upon techniques covered in previous screencast, so it would be best to see the screencasts in order:

1. Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE (Part I)
2. Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE (Part II)
3. How to: JSF in Eclipse Europa (Part I)

In this screencast-tutorial we will assemble a JEE application by combining a JSF module and an EJB module from previous tutorials.

Creating an enterprise application project (03:30):

JSF editing and deployment (01:50):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. JSF tools subproject
2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

and these books:

1. Eclipse Web Tools Platform: Developing Java(TM) Web Applications
2. Core JavaServer(TM) Faces (2nd Edition)
3. JavaServer Faces in Action
4. JavaServer Faces
5. Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (5th Edition)
6. Head First EJB
7. EJB 3 in Action

For a JBoss application server installation instructions take a look at this screeencast.

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How to: JSF in Eclipse Europa (Part I)

In this screencast tutorial you'll learn how to setup and use Eclipse JavaServer Faces tools for rapid Web application development.

We will complete the following steps:

1. Register JSF libraries
2. Create Dynamic Web Project
3. Add JSF Facet to the Web project
4. Create JSP Page templates
5. Define page navigations rules
6. Create managed beans
7. Edit JSF pages in the Web Page Editor
8. Deploy and execute JSF applications

Let's get started.

Creating a JavaServer Faces Project (steps 1-3) (01:55):

Building a JSF application (steps 4-8) (05:48):

In the next screencast (Part II) we will assemble a JEE application by combining a JSF module and an EJB module from previous tutorials. Feel free to subscribe by RSS or Email.

For basic installation instructions of the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers see tutorials from eclipse.org site.

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. JSF tools subproject
2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

and these books:

1. Core JavaServer(TM) Faces (2nd Edition)
2. JavaServer Faces in Action
3. JavaServer Faces
4. Eclipse Web Tools Platform: Developing Java(TM) Web Applications

Related posts on this blog:

• Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE (Part I)
• Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE (Part II)

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Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE (Part II)

Part I has shown how to use the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers to create Java persistent entities from database tables. This screencast completes the JEE application.

In this screencast:

• How to create a session bean
• Configure persistence unit
• Deploy on JBoss
• Create a JEE client

Create a session bean and deploy JEE application:(02:40):

Create a JEE client (01:35):

For basic installation instructions of the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers see tutorials from eclipse.org site.

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Dali JPA Tools
2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

and these books:

1. Eclipse Web Tools Platform: Developing Java(TM) Web Applications
2. Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (5th Edition)
3. Head First EJB
4. EJB 3 in Action
5. Java Persistence with Hibernate

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Tour around Europe: Eclipse for Java EE

The Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers is a simultaneous release of Eclipse Projects for Java Enterprise Edition.

This post is first in the series of screencasts about the Eclipse Europa release. It shows how to use the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers to create Java persistent entities from database tables.

MySQL database is used to demonstrate the Data Tools Platform and JBoss is used as a Java EE application server.

Using the Eclipse Data Tools Platform:(05:30):

Dali - Java Persistence Tools (03:10):

For basic installation instructions of the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers see tutorials from eclipse.org site.

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Dali JPA Tools
2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

and these books:

1. Eclipse Web Tools Platform: Developing Java(TM) Web Applications
2. Java Persistence with Hibernate

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Refactoring to Patterns or templates for patterns?

Roman Bosák has published a nice post about rapid implementation of the Singleton design pattern using the Eclipse IDE refactoring tools. Some readers argued that it's much more efficient to use Eclipse IDE templates for implementing design patterns. So, you can see here both approaches, as under 2minutes screeencasts, and you can decide for yourself.

First screencast shows classical (by the GOF book) Singleton implementation using Eclipse IDE refactoring facility (01:10):

This screencast shows a thread-safe lazy-loaded Singleton variant implemented using Eclipse IDE templates (01:40):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1. Singleton pattern implementation in 4 steps
2. Double-checked locking and the Singleton pattern

and these books:

1. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
2. Head First Design Patterns
3. Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code

1. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
2. Refactoring Workbook
3. Refactoring to Patterns

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Getting Started with the Facebook Platform API

In this three-part tutorial you'll learn how to:

• Add the Developer Application to your Facebook account
• Setup Java Client Library in Eclipse IDE
• Use the Facebook Platform API

1. This screencast shows how to create a Facebook Platform application that you can use as a template for your own Facebook applications.(03:35):

2. In order for a Facebook API client to use the API, the user of the client application must be logged in to Facebook. This screencast describes typical scenarios using a simple Java Servlet. (04:15):

3. This screencast tutorial shows how to use the Facebook Platform API in an example that uses data about logged Facebook user and his friends. (03:25):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1): Facebook Developers Documentation
2): blogs.claritycon.com

Recommended books:
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JBoss Seam Generator and Eclipse IDE

In this three-part tutorial you'll learn how to install and set up JBoss application server, use Seam Generator to build Web applications in a Rails-like manner, and all that inside standard Eclipse IDE.
So it seems like the best of both worlds ;)

1. This screencast tutorial will show you how to install JBoss application server and set up the environment for JBoss Seam 1.2.1.GA. (02:39):

2. This screencast tutorial will show you how to use JBoss Seam generator to create Eclipse IDE Java project skeleton.(03:10):

3. This screencast tutorial will show you how to use JBoss Seam Gen to run more complex Seam examples in Eclipse IDE. (05:30):

For this tutorial we have used materials from:

1): Michael Yuan's blog: Seam: Next-gen Web Framework
2): JBoss Seam project page

and these books:
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Running your first JavaFX program in Eclipse

The JavaFX Script (or JavaFX language) is a declarative scripting language. The JavaFX allows for easy creation of graphical user interfaces and enables developers to create rich media applications for deployment on Java environments. In this screencast, we use the Eclipse IDE 3.2.2 to create simple JavaFX application.

You can get your first JavaFX application up and running in Eclipse SDK easily by following these steps:

1. Extend Eclipse with JavaFX plugin (01:30):

2. Write you first JavaFX program (01:29):

3. Run JavaFX application (00:59):

To find out more about Eclipse IDE, we recommend these books:
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