1. Dev 11: Embracing OpenEdge® Architect
Sandy Caiado
Senior Solutions Engineer

2. Modern business application tooling needs
Support modern architectures
Enforce consistency and improve quality
Integrate with existing software processes
Leverage existing tools 2

3. Agenda OpenEdge Architect Introduction Extending OpenEdge Architect
How to add an XML editor plug-in?
How to add your own ABL tools to OpenEdge Architect?
How to capture OpenEdge Architect events?
How do I create a new Exclipse plug-in?
Where to from here?

4. OpenEdge Architect: An Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Navigate and Edit Database Schema
Create New and Edit Existing ABL code
Design ProDataSets Graphically
Design UI
Compile ABL code
Debug and Run ABL code
Extend development environment easily

5. OpenEdge Architect Key Benefits
Iterative development environment
Increased Productivity
Help, cheat sheets, wizards
Import / export
Easy adoption
Perspectives
Properties and preferences
Customizable by role
Templates
Modeling / roundtrip engineering
Promotes best-practices
Tools for full SDLC
UML modeling, SCM, testing, etc.
Vast tools eco-system

6. The Eclipse Ecosystem Expanding possibilities Open source community
Open source community
Open development platform
Vast ecosystem of plug-ins available
Consistent IDE platform choice across all of PSC 6

7. Agenda OpenEdge Architect Introduction Extending OpenEdge Architect
How to add an XML editor plug-in?
How to add your own ABL tools to OpenEdge Architect?
How to capture OpenEdge Architect events?
How do I create a new Eclipse plug-in?
Where to from here?

8. Approaches to extending OpenEdge Architect – 3rd Party Plug-ins
Hosting
Build
Plug-ins
ABL Editor
DB Navigator
T4BL
OE Studio
Meta Catalog
ABL Debug
OE Help
Eclipse Platform 8

9. 3rd Party Plug-ins Different Programming Language Editors
Reporting Plug-ins
Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools
UML Modeling tools
Much more… 9

10. Approaches to extending OpenEdge Architect – Hosting ABL tools in OpenEdge Architect
3rd Party
Plug-ins
Hosting
Build
Plug-ins
ABL Editor
DB Navigator
T4BL
OE Studio
Meta Catalog
ABL Debug
OE Help
Eclipse Platform 10

11. Invoking ABL tools from OpenEdge Architect
Launch Customization Editor
Add menu/toolbar entries
Refresh customization options
Share Customizations 11

12. Using ABL event hooks in OpenEdge Architect
Create _idestartup.p program
Subscribe to “oeide_event” event 12

13. Approaches to extending OpenEdge Architect – Building your own Eclipse plug-ins
3rd Party
Plug-ins
Hosting
Build
Plug-ins
ABL Editor
DB Navigator
T4BL
OE Studio
Meta Catalog
ABL Debug
OE Help
Eclipse Platform 13

14. What is an Eclipse plug-in?
Coded in Java™
Versioned
Can be digitally signed
Loosely coupled using “extension points”
A plug-in is the smallest unit of Eclipse Platform function that can be developed and delivered separately 14

15. What you need to build your own plug-ins?
OpenEdge Architect does NOT include JDT or PDE plug-ins
Java
Development
Tooling (JDT)
Plug-in
Development
Environment (PDE)
Eclipse Platform 3.2.2
Eclipse Platform 15

16. How to Create a your Eclipse plug-in?
Use Create Plug-in Project Wizard
Run the Eclipse session 16

17. Agenda OpenEdge Architect Introduction Extending OpenEdge Architect
How to add an XML editor plug-in?
How to add your own ABL tools to OpenEdge Architect?
How to capture OpenEdge Architect events?
How do I create a new Exclipse plug-in?
Where to from here?

18. Where can you get help?
PSDN Category:
PSDN forum

19. Summary Fit OpenEdge Architect to existing development process
Leverage and integrate existing tools
Enforce consistency and improve quality 19

20. Relevant PSDN Live Sessions
Dev-2: Making OpenEdge Architect Work For You
Dev-13: You’ve Got a Problem, Here’s How To Find It
Dev-14: OpenEdge Strategy and Roadmap

21. ?
Questions 21

22. Thank You 22

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