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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) project provides technology to realize rich graphical editors and views for the Eclipse Workbench. It bundles three components:
 
The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) project provides technology to realize rich graphical editors and views for the Eclipse Workbench. It bundles three components:
  
* '''Draw2d''' (org.eclipse.draw2d) - A layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics on an SWT Canvas.
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* '''Draw2d''' (org.eclipse.draw2d) - A layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics on an [[SWT]] Canvas.
* '''GEF''' (org.eclipse.gef) - An interactive MVC framework built on top of Draw2d, which fosters the implementation of rich graphical editors for the Eclipse Workbench.
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* '''GEF (MVC)''' (org.eclipse.gef) - An interactive MVC framework built on top of Draw2d, which fosters the implementation of rich graphical editors for the Eclipse Workbench.
* '''[[GEF Zest Visualization | Zest]]''' (org.eclipse.zest) - A visualization toolkit based on Draw2d, which enables implementation of graphical views for the Eclipse Workbench.
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* '''Zest''' (org.eclipse.zest) - A visualization toolkit based on Draw2d, which enables implementation of graphical views for the Eclipse Workbench.
  
While the main GEF [http://eclipse.org/gef website] contains the bulk of information regarding the GEF project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
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While the [http://www.eclipse.org/gef main GEF website] contains the bulk of information regarding the GEF project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.
  
== General Information ==
 
* [news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.tools.gef Newsgroup] and [http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=81 Forum]
 
* [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 ==
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GEF is a mature project with stable API. To develop innovations without interfering with the Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x development stream, we have started to work on a [[GEF/GEF4 |'''GEF4''']] provisional component.
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* New and Noteworthy: [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.6 | 3.6 (stable) ]], [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.7 |3.7 (development)]]
 
* [[GEF Contributor Guide | GEF Project Contributor Guide]]
 
* [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/gef-dev GEF Project Contributor Mailing List]
 
* [[GEF Team Meetings| GEF Project Team Meetings]]
 
  
=== Draw2d/GEF ===
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=== Information for Consumers (Developers) ===
* [http://help.eclipse.org/helios/index.jsp?nav=/28 GEF and Draw2d Plug-in Developer Guide (Ecipse Help)]
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* New and Noteworthy [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.8 | 3.8 (stable) ]], [[GEF/New and Noteworthy/3.9 | 3.9 (development)]]
* [[GEF Developer FAQ | Draw2d/GEF Developer FAQ]]
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* [[GEF/Articles, Tutorials, Slides | Articles, Tutorials, Slides]]
* Draw2d/GEF Tutorial ([[GEF Description | Part 1]] & [[GEF Description2 | Part 2]]) by Régis Lemaigre
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* [[GEF Troubleshooting Guide | Draw2d/GEF Troubleshooting Guide]]
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=== Zest ===
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* [[GEF/Reference Documentation | Reference Documentation]] (Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x)
* [[GEF Zest Visualization | Zest Component Page]]
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* [[GEF/Examples | Examples]] (Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x)
* [[Tree_Views_for_Zest | Zest 2.0 Layout API]]
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* [[GEF/Developer FAQ | Developer FAQ]] (Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x)
* [[Graphviz DOT as a DSL for Zest]]
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* [[GEF/Troubleshooting Guide | Troubleshooting Guide]] (Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x)
  
== External Documentation (Articles, Slides, Books) ==
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=== Information for Contributors & Committers ===  
* Lars Vogel (2009): [http://www.vogella.de/articles/EclipseZest/article.html Eclipse Zest - Tutorial]
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* Chris Aniszczyk, Randy Hudson (2007): [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-eclipse-gef11 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
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* [[GEF/Contributor Guide | GEF Project Contributor Guide]]
* Randy Hudson (2006): [http://eclipsezilla.eclipsecon.org/php/attachment.php?bugid=52 Graphical Editing Framework - Tutorial], EclipseCon presentation slides
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* [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/gef-dev GEF Project Contributor Mailing List]
* William Moore, David Dean, Anna Gerber, Gunnar Wagenknecht, Philippe Vanderheyden (2004): [http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg246302.html?Open Eclipse Development using the Graphical Editing Framework and the Eclipse Modeling Framework], IBM Redbook
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* [[GEF/Team Meetings| GEF Project Team Meetings]]
* Phil Zoio (2004): [http://eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-editor/gef-schema-editor.html Building a database schema diagram editor], Eclipse Corner Article
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* By Bo Majewski (2004): [http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-diagram-editor/shape.html A shape diagram editor], Eclipse Corner Article
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* Daniel Lee (2003): [http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-Draw2d/GEF-Draw2d.html Display a UML Diagram using Draw2D], Eclipse Corner Article
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* Eric Bordeau (2003): [http://eclipse.org/articles/Article-GEF-dnd/GEF-dnd.html Using Native Drag and Drop in GEF], Eclipse Corner Article
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Revision as of 18:52, 12 November 2012

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The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) project provides technology to realize rich graphical editors and views for the Eclipse Workbench. It bundles three components:

  • Draw2d (org.eclipse.draw2d) - A layout and rendering toolkit for displaying graphics on an SWT Canvas.
  • GEF (MVC) (org.eclipse.gef) - An interactive MVC framework built on top of Draw2d, which fosters the implementation of rich graphical editors for the Eclipse Workbench.
  • Zest (org.eclipse.zest) - A visualization toolkit based on Draw2d, which enables implementation of graphical views for the Eclipse Workbench.

While the main GEF website contains the bulk of information regarding the GEF project, the type of information more appropriately hosted on a wiki is (or will be) found here, such as: FAQs, tutorials, requirements, discussions, etc.




GEF is a mature project with stable API. To develop innovations without interfering with the Draw2d/GEF (MVC) 3.x and Zest 1.x development stream, we have started to work on a GEF4 provisional component.




Information for Consumers (Developers)

Information for Contributors & Committers

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