That is the key, one of the big differences between Eclipse and other similar frameworks, it makes Eclipse unique : "Eclipse is a platform for building platforms".
What Does it Mean?
The same extensibility that you see in the Eclipse IDE is what you an get in your application if you base it on the Eclipse RCP platfrom. The incredible component framework (OSGi), the smart designed extensibility mechanism, the clean and well documented API.
Interesting concept? keep learning!, read this awesome article to http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/08/23/eclipse-rich-client-platform.html
Monday, May 11, 2009
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