This is a simple overview of the main new concepts in E4 for plugins/RCP developers

1. Cool stuff in Eclipse 4 for
developers.
Eclipse DemoCamp Grenoble 2012
Mickael Istria
CC-BY 3.0

2. (Very easy) CSS in RCP app
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3. Modeled Workbench and Renderer

4. Services
New API Grain:
o.e.eclipse.e4.core.services.log.Lo
o.e.core.databinding.observable.Realm gger
o.e.core.runtime.dynamichelpers.IExtensionTr
acker o.e.e4.core.services.translation.Tr
o.e.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry anslationService
o.e.core.runtime.Platform o.e.e4.ui.css.swt.theme.IThemeEn
o.e.e4.core.commands.ECommandService gine
o.e.e4.core.commands.EHandlerService o.e.e4.ui.services.IStylingEngine
o.e.e4.core.services.adapter.Adapter
o.e.e4.ui.workbench.IPresentation
o.e.e4.core.services.events.IEventBroker
Engine
o.e.e4.ui.workbench.IResourceUtili
ties

5. Dependency Injection (DI)
Don't seek an object: @Inject it!
Service
Don't override/implement classes, use POJO with Annotations

6. Event Broker
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse4/RCP/Event_Model

7. Compatibility Layer
Necessary bundles to get
compatibility to work:
org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.addo
ns.swt
org.eclipse.equinox.ds
org.eclipse.equinox.event
org.eclipse.equinox.util
org.eclipse.platform
org.eclipse.ui.forms
org.eclipse.ui.intro