[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Trouble with RCP Tutorial

[eric@xxxxxx (Eric Kolotyluk)]

Felix Dorner wrote:

> Hi Eric, I recently stepped through the tutorial and everything worked 
> for me.

> > java.lang.RuntimeException: Application 
> > "org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter" could not be found in the 
> > registry. The applications available are: org.eclipse.equinox.app.error, 
> > org.eclipse.ui.tutorials.rcp.part1a.application.

> This looks fishy to me. Are you sure you seleted the right application 
> id in your .product configuration? Mine starts with:

> <product name="RCP Tutorial 1" 
> id="org.eclipse.ui.tutorials.rcp.part1.product" 
> application="org.eclipse.ui.tutorials.rcp.part1.application" 
> useFeatures="false">

> Another issue you might have is spaces in pathnames. I always suspect 
> problems with such environments...

> Felix

OK, I went back to the beginning and read the directions very very slowly! 
I managed to get everything working. The two main problems with the 
tutorial are

1) The tutorial steps/description do not exactly match the UI I 
experienced, so I had to guess at settings, and the defaults are not 
always correct.

2) It is really hard to follow the steps written as prose. It would be 
much easier to follow the steps if they were given in point form.

At least I was able to complete the tutorial successfully. I tried 
following the tutorial for the NetBeans Platform - O M G !!! It's 
horrendous. The basic message it gives you is "don't use this product - 
it's way too complicated!"

However, I need to know whether or not I can use RCP effectively to build 
a Swing application. All of our product code uses Swing, so we are not in 
a position to use SWT. If I can't use RCP, I may have to resort to 
NetBeans Platform.

Cheers, Eric