Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) with Eclipse Ganymede (3.4)

The Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) allows developers to use the Eclipse architecture to design flexible and extensible applications re-using a lot of already existing functionality and coding patterns inherent in Eclipse. Getting started with Eclipse RCP can be time consuming and difficult. Having a short how-to-description makes it easier to get started. Hence the following article focuses on how to get certain aspects of Eclipse RCP into work.