Create first IDE app

In this tutorial we start from scratch and build Eclipse IDE app. Other tutorials are available here.

1. Create folder "tutorials/MyIdeApp", create file "build.gradle" in it, insert code:

buildscript {
  repositories {
    mavenLocal()
    jcenter()
  }

  dependencies {
    classpath 'org.akhikhl.wuff:wuff-plugin:0.0.1'
  }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-ide-app'

repositories {
  mavenLocal()
  jcenter()
}

2. Invoke on command line:

gradle build

CHECK: folder "tutorials/MyIdeApp/build/libs" contains file "MyIdeApp-1.0.0.0.jar", which is proper OSGi bundle with automatically generated manifest and "plugin.xml".

CHECK: There's one product in "tutorials/MyIdeApp/build/output" folder. It contains "MyIdeApp" bundle in "plugins" subfolder and in "configuration/config.ini".

Attention: first wuff build might be slow, because wuff downloads Eclipse and installs it's bundles into local maven repository ($HOME/.m2/repository). Consequent builds will be much faster.

Note that you don't have to program "plugin.xml", "MANIFEST.MF", "config.ini" - all these files are generated and inserted into bundle and product automatically. It's not even necessary to write any java code - you need only "build.gradle" and that's it.

3. Run the compiled product from command line. The program, when run for the first time, shows workspace selection dialog. You just click "OK":

Fully started program looks like Eclipse IDE with "Resource" perspective:

The example code for this page: tutorialExamples/IdeApp-1.

Next page: Configure IDE products.