Starting Spring RichClient Developement

[avspring]

I had downloaded spring richclient . Build springrichclient and samples.
Run petclinic standalone .. it was nice to see a framework for swing
developement ... But was unable to understand all the classes used
in Sample application ... ApplicationWindow , Application,ApplicationLaucnher..and all other classes.
Any startup document for developer like me

Thanks
Abraham

[tintinmcleod]

I also new in this. But if you like, you can follow my way to understanding this Spring RPC flow.

:arrow: Assuming that you already read Spring Framework (not Spring RCP)documentation and have a strong knowledge of Java.

:arrow: I'm using Eclipse IDE 3.0, why? because it is the lightest and cool IDE! :wink: It allows programmer to do tracing, just like VB does. With a proper installation and setting, you could read related javadoc, open declaration of a class and so on. Simply just hover the class name, and press F2. It will brings you to class source code.

:arrow: Install Spring IDE for Eclipse + GEF. This IDE simplify your efforts for understanding the flow in XML file, any interractions between beans will be depicted clearly.

:arrow: Install XMLBuddy. This addon will help you to open related class that is used in bean, and enhanced you in editting your XML file.

:arrow: Run Chainsaw2 for easy reading you Log4J output from petclinic, rather than reading a plain text :lol: Ofcourse you should set you log4j.properties to work with chainsaw2 :wink:

:arrow: Try to make a new simple hello world application using Spring RCP. How? Simply follow what petclinic do. On main class (PetClinicStandalone.java) it just instantiate ApplicationLauncher class. You should wonder, why with a simple instantiate ApplicationLauncher class could perform a "complex" Application :shock: You could see the what its constructor does. Next, you should see which part does the [splashScreen], which part does the [loginPage] and so on...

I've done this way, and thanks god... The main flow of Spring RCP is on my hands now, though many questions is still in my head :roll: :?

Or maybe Keith Donald here as the author of Spring RCP could give us tips how to understand Spring RCP better? :D

[Keith Donald]

Sounds like a good approach to me Tintin!

We're here to provide support to users/early adopters of Spring rich; as we continue to provide it, we will integrate that work back into documentation and sample application improvements.