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Difference between revisions of "Graphical Editing Framework"
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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to create a rich graphical editor from an existing application model. GEF consists of 2 plug-ins. The org.eclipse.draw2d plug-in provides a layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics. The developer can then take advantage of the many common operations provided in GEF and/or extend them for the specific domain. GEF employs an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture which enables simple changes to be applied to the model from the view. | The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to create a rich graphical editor from an existing application model. GEF consists of 2 plug-ins. The org.eclipse.draw2d plug-in provides a layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics. The developer can then take advantage of the many common operations provided in GEF and/or extend them for the specific domain. GEF employs an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture which enables simple changes to be applied to the model from the view. | ||
− | While the main GEF [http://eclipse.org/gef website] | + | While the main GEF [http://eclipse.org/gef website] contains the bulk of information regarding the project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc. |
− | contains the bulk of information regarding the project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc. | + | |
+ | == Downloads & Update Sites == | ||
+ | * [http://www.eclipse.org/gef/downloads/ Downloads] | ||
+ | * Update-Sites ([http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/releases/ Releases], [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/milestones/ Milestones & RCs], [http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/interim/ Intergration & Maintenance Builds]) (old update sites: <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/releases/site-old.xml Releases]</strike>, <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/milestones/site-old.xml Milestones]</strike>, <strike>[http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/update-site/integrations/site-old.xml Intergration Builds]</strike>) | ||
== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
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* [[Tree_Views_for_Zest | Zest 2.0 Layout API]] | * [[Tree_Views_for_Zest | Zest 2.0 Layout API]] | ||
* [[Graphviz DOT as a DSL for Zest]] | * [[Graphviz DOT as a DSL for Zest]] | ||
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== External Documentation (Articles, Slides, Books) == | == External Documentation (Articles, Slides, Books) == |
Revision as of 16:07, 9 November 2010
The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to create a rich graphical editor from an existing application model. GEF consists of 2 plug-ins. The org.eclipse.draw2d plug-in provides a layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics. The developer can then take advantage of the many common operations provided in GEF and/or extend them for the specific domain. GEF employs an MVC (model-view-controller) architecture which enables simple changes to be applied to the model from the view.
While the main GEF website contains the bulk of information regarding the project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
Downloads & Update Sites
- Downloads
- Update-Sites (Releases, Milestones & RCs, Intergration & Maintenance Builds) (old update sites:
Releases,Milestones,Intergration Builds)
Documentation
- New and Noteworthy: 3.6 (stable) , 3.7 (development)
- GEF Project Contributor Guide
- GEF Project Team Meetings
Draw2d/GEF
- Draw2d/GEF Developer FAQ
- Draw2d/GEF Troubleshooting Guide
- Draw2d/GEF Tutorial ( Part 1 & Part 2) by Régis Lemaigre
Zest
External Documentation (Articles, Slides, Books)
- Lars Vogel (2009): Eclipse Zest - Tutorial, article
- Chris Aniszczyk, Randy Hudson (2007): Create an Eclipse-based application using the Graphical Editing Framework - How to get started with the GEF and other options for the graphically inclined Eclipse developer, IBM developerWorks article
- Randy Hudson (2006): Graphical Editing Framework - Tutorial, EclipseCon presentation slides
- William Moore, David Dean, Anna Gerber, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Philippe Vanderheyden (2004): Eclipse Development using the Graphical Editing Framework and the Eclipse Modeling Framework, IBM Redbook
- Phil Zoio (2004): Building a database schema diagram editor, Eclipse Corner Article
- By Bo Majewski (2004): A shape diagram editor, Eclipse Corner Article
- Daniel Lee (2003): Display a UML Diagram using Draw2D, Eclipse Corner Article
- Eric Bordeau (2003): Using Native Drag and Drop in GEF, Eclipse Corner Article