| With or without the use VE? [message #129521] |
Fri, 04 August 2006 18:37  |
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Hi!
Just about to write my first PDE and like the SWT newbie I am I wonder
whether I should code it all manually (to learn the basics) or try to use
VE? Actually I don't know whether I should use SWT direct, JFace or
XUI/XSWT.
What does VE help me with?
What limitations does it have? E.g. can I code some stuff manually? Can I
use both SWT and JFace?
Hoping not to get a too biased answer :)
Regards,
Jimisola
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| Re: With or without the use VE? [message #129648 is a reply to message #129521] |
Mon, 07 August 2006 10:45  |
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Originally posted by: richkulp.us.NO_SPAM.ibm.com
Jimisola Laursen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just about to write my first PDE and like the SWT newbie I am I wonder
> whether I should code it all manually (to learn the basics) or try to use
> VE? Actually I don't know whether I should use SWT direct, JFace or
> XUI/XSWT.
>
> What does VE help me with?
It starts you off building basic composites without having to figure out
all of the gunk right away. You can then use the generated code as
examples to figure out how things work.
It gets you up faster then trying to figure it out from scratch.
> What limitations does it have? E.g. can I code some stuff manually? Can I
> use both SWT and JFace?
Yes you can code manually. There are some basic patterns that the VE
understands and if you continue to follow those patterns the VE will
also understand your manual changes. The patterns are the one you can
see by letting the VE create some classes to begin with.
VE works with SWT, and for JFace it works with the Viewers, such as
TreeViewer and TableViewer.
>
> Hoping not to get a too biased answer :)
>
> Regards,
> Jimisola
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Thanks,
Rich Kulp
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| Re: With or without the use VE? [message #613730 is a reply to message #129521] |
Mon, 07 August 2006 10:45 |
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Originally posted by: richkulp.us.NO_SPAM.ibm.com
Jimisola Laursen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Just about to write my first PDE and like the SWT newbie I am I wonder
> whether I should code it all manually (to learn the basics) or try to use
> VE? Actually I don't know whether I should use SWT direct, JFace or
> XUI/XSWT.
>
> What does VE help me with?
It starts you off building basic composites without having to figure out
all of the gunk right away. You can then use the generated code as
examples to figure out how things work.
It gets you up faster then trying to figure it out from scratch.
> What limitations does it have? E.g. can I code some stuff manually? Can I
> use both SWT and JFace?
Yes you can code manually. There are some basic patterns that the VE
understands and if you continue to follow those patterns the VE will
also understand your manual changes. The patterns are the one you can
see by letting the VE create some classes to begin with.
VE works with SWT, and for JFace it works with the Viewers, such as
TreeViewer and TableViewer.
>
> Hoping not to get a too biased answer :)
>
> Regards,
> Jimisola
>
>
>
--
Thanks,
Rich Kulp
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