Simplifying RCP Update and Install

1. Simplifying Update and Extension Install for RCP applications Susan McCourt (IBM Rational), Steffen Pingel (Tasktop Technologies)

2. Simplifying RCP Update and Install What (and why) do we need to simplify?

3. What are we doing about it?

4. How do p2 and p2/Mylyn Discovery fit together?

5. Examples and Demos

6. RCP Install/Update in 3.5 p2 UI class library structured with RCP in mind Separate the building blocks from UI contributions

7. Configurable policy to control aspects of UI

8. Building blocks (wizards, pages, viewers, etc.) to customize the experience SDK UI must support a diverse set of users Continuous balancing of concerns

9. Plug-in developers, update site producers, end users

10. Product branding has not been critical path RCP users not served well out of the box

11. RCP Developers' Reaction to 3.5 Customization of UI is too hard Don't want to write Java code

12. p2 API is too complex

13. Critical pieces (branding) are missing

14. Customization examples aren't enough/aren't hitting the right use cases We need a bolt-on self update feature that can handle the 80% case without writing Java code

15. When a product supports add-ons, our users expect the Firefox Install experience

16. Deliverables in 3.6 Declare API p2 Operations API Simple things should be simple

17. Refactor the 80% case out of the UI code Metadata enhancements to support branding Enhance the story for RCP self-update

18. Move Mylyn Discovery to p2 Discovery is the recommended install for branded, filtered installs

19. 'Install New Software...' is still the default to support plug-in developer use cases

20. API: R3.5 Headless Update

21. API: R3.6 Headless Update

22. API: Branding Metadata Branding begins at discovery

23. Discovery can happen in different ways Users read blogs, email, announcements (drag the URL into Eclipse)

24. Aggregators design catalogs (rankings, search, tags, ...)

25. Different restrictions in different deployments Once an item has been installed, we need to retain its branding identity Installed software list

26. Update notifications

27. RCP Mail Update Example Snapshot of demo, give demo

28. RCP Example: Good ol' RCP Code Snapshot of demo, give demo Need a status line and progress indicator public void preWindowOpen() { IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer configurer = getWindowConfigurer(); configurer.setInitialSize(new Point(600, 400)); configurer.setShowCoolBar(true); configurer.setShowStatusLine(true); configurer.setShowProgressIndicator(true); } Define menus and locations for additions protected void fillMenuBar(IMenuManager menuBar) { ... MenuManager toolsMenu = new MenuManager("&Tools", M_TOOLS); toolsMenu.add(preferencesAction); toolsMenu.add(new Separator()); toolsMenu.add(new GroupMarker(IWorkbenchActionConstants.MB_ADDITIONS)); }

29. RCP Example: Menu Snapshot of demo, give demo Contribute the menu <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.menus"> <menuContribution locationURI="menu:tools?after=additions" > <command commandId= "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.command.update" mnemonic="%Update.command.mnemonic" id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.menu.update"> </command> </menuContribution> </extension>

30. RCP Example: Update Command Snapshot of demo, give demo Contribute the command and handler <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.commands"> <command name="%Update.command" id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.command.update"> </command> </extension> <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.handlers"> <handler commandId="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.command.update" class="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.p2.UpdateHandler"> </handler> </extension>

31. RCP Self-Update in 3.5 What's wrong with this picture?

32. RCP Example: Update Code Snapshot of demo, give demo The update code // create the update operation. The defaults are fine. UpdateOperation operation = getProvisioningUI().getUpdateOperation( null , null ); // check for updates operation.resolveModal( null ); if (UpdateSingleIUWizard. validFor (operation)) { // Special case for only updating a single root UpdateSingleIUWizard wizard = new UpdateSingleIUWizard(getProvisioningUI(), operation); WizardDialog dialog = new WizardDialog(getShell(), wizard); dialog.create(); dialog.open(); } else { // Open the normal version of the update wizard getProvisioningUI().openUpdateWizard( false , operation, null); }

33. RCP Example: Branding Metadata Snapshot of demo, give demo Define a document suitable for displaying in a browser that describes your update. Refer to it in the metadata. <unit id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.product" version="2.0.0.z201003162033"> <update id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.examples.rcp.cloud.product" description="This update contains Mylyn Discovery!" range="0.0.0" severity="0" uri="file:/C:/_projects/eclipsecon2010/updatenotification.png" />

34. RCP Self-Update in 3.6 Better?

35. RCP Install One size does not fit all Support, enable, and encourage UI for more targeted groups of users Move Mylyn Discovery to p2 Branded, configurable catalogs, Firefox-like simplicity Look for integration but avoid temptation As p2 catalog and branding metadata evolves, will Mylyn/p2 Discovery replace 'Install New Software...'?

36. Fight complexity Installation conflicts

37. User configurability

38. Extension Install

39. Motivation Mylyn has a broad ecosystem of Agile and ALM integrations

40. Users had trouble getting connectors Most connectors are maintained and hosted outside of Eclipse

41. The default p2 installer is geared towards advanced users

42. Extension Install in 2008

43. How can we improve? Simple install

44. Install embedded into regular workflow

45. Support for product information

46. Extension Install Today

47. Using p2 Discovery in Your App Code moved to Equinox p2 Feature available in Helios repository since M6 How can I use this? Simple front-end for existing p2 repositories

48. Front-end for branded extension catalogs

49. Simplified p2 Front-end Enables browsing of p2 repositories Meta-data provided by the repository

50. Catalog-based Discovery Enables browsing of extension catalogs Catalog items point to a feature and p2 repository

51. PDE tooling is used for editing Existing Implementations Mylyn connector discovery

52. Subversive connector installer

53. SpringSource Tool Suite extensions page

54. Integrating p2 Discovery

55. Remote Catalogs http://.../directory.xml http://eclipse.../catalog.jar http://tasktop.../catalog.jar

56. Catalog Tooling

57. Catalog Item Descriptor

58. UI components were designed with extensibility in mind Pluggable discovery strategy

59. Extensible data model

60. Viewer based UI Existing Implementations Eclipse Marketplace Client Build Your Own p2 UI

61. Outlook Streamline install experience Do not require restart

62. Integrate discovery with P2 license and install wizard

63. P2 Project http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_User_Interface http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Discovery Mylyn Discovery http://wiki.eclipse.org/Mylyn/Discovery Marketplace Client http://eclipse.org/mpc Questions?

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