Prerequistes knowledge of doing RCP projects

Question

I have done .NET Win32 projects and from Java well I can adopt my knowledge to its classes and you know the language itself but as far as technologies based on Java ..for example I mean SWT?, JFace,Hibernate, etc... I have zero experience with them...

Now by two weeks! I need to create a DEMO application with RCP,Eclipse ..a simple one tho, just some forms with a couple of ListViews and SpreadSheets on them, type something in a ComboBox, add it to a spreadsheet, etc.. stuff like this.

Ok, with this background and what I need to know, please let me know what is my starting point? any books? resources? and prerequisite knowledge that I need to learn first?

Thanks all.

Answer 1

I'd start with Lars Vogel's pile of excellent tutorials. They're broken out into basic categories, and if you work your way through several of them you should be able to start getting a feel for things.

Answer 2

may i suggest to have a look at eclipse scout [1]. the framework comes with the scout sdk which should helpt you do what you're looking for.

understanding of the eclipse platform is initially not required. however, a good understanding of java is ...

after the "hello world" you can go through the more comprehensive demo app [2]. should you hit a roadblock don't hesitate to ask questions in our forum [3].

good luck! matthias

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/scout
[2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Scout/Tutorial/3.8
[3] http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=thread&frm_id=174