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Learn how Phurnace Deliver, built on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform, helps you quickly troubleshoot application server configuration problems, compare configurations, and create predictable J2EE deployments. With a browser-based interface, intuitive UI forms, and powerful web tools, Phurnace Deliver simplifies application management.
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Case Study – Phurnace Software and RCP Shawn Spiars Lead UI Developer Phurnace Software
Agenda • What is Phurnace Deliver? • Why choose the Eclipse Rich Client Platform? • Reusable Plug-ins we leveraged to rapidly develop our RCP application
Phurnace Deliver Helps troubleshoot application server configuration problems quickly. Compares application server configurations on multiple servers. Creates predictable and repeatable J2EE application deployments without scripts. Previews the impact of configuration changes prior to deployment. Migrates between application servers and versions.
Why choose the Eclipse Rich Client Platform? Allows you to quickly build a professional-looking rich client application (We created our initial rich client for our command line tool (CLI) within six weeks) Native look-and-feel on multiple platforms Pluggable architecture – components can be swapped out as needed So many great plug-ins to leverage
Browser-based • Creates initial user experience • Guide to discovering a product’s functionality Welcome
Browser-based framework to add documentation to the platform • Table of contents • HTML content • Runs locally or over network • Search engine Online Help System
Navigational tree viewer • Workspace resources • Non-workspace models • Integrate models into a navigator experience Common Navigator Framework (CNF)
Design View – XML file is represented as a table and a tree • Source View – enables you to view and work directly with the source code • Code assist • Syntax highlighting • DTD or XML Schema Validation Web Tools Platform (WTP) - XML Editor
Quickly view differences between app server configurations • Copy changes from left to right, or right to left Compare Viewer
Additional Plug-ins • Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) – generic workbench for managing views, editors, preferences, actions, wizards, etc… • Ant – launch separate VM for command line tool (CLI) • Update Manager – discover and install application updates • Team API – integrate with Subversion repository
Thank you for your attention! • website: http://www.phurnace.com • contact: shawn.spiars@phurnace.com