Some time ago, Eclipse lost the publically available presentations at the EclipseCon website, and it doesn't look like it's ever coming back. I have posted the presentation elsewhere, but since people kept asking for it, it sounds like it's in hot demand.
Unfortunately, a version I posted onto EclipseZone was an older version of the presentation (which is why it's a bit vacant in places). Instead, you can visit the EclipseZilla location, where I put up all the attachments for the tutorial, including a snapshot of the code at the time as well as various other utilities.
SourceForge also updated the location of their CVS repository for the RCPApps project (largely without me noticing) and as such, the old MAP files didn't work. (This is one of the reasons why MAP files are a bad idea, by the way.) I've checked in the new versions of the MAP files and updated them to both HEAD and STABLE, so if you update and do a build via these tags, it should work again.
Correspondingly, I've also made changes to the RCPApps.org website to point to the new domain, as well as updating various links.
I've not had much time (any) to contribute to this project since EclipseCon this year; however, i'd like to pick up where I left off and keep going. My work on the Pack200 implementation for Harmony is currently taking up all my spare time; but once that's out of the way, I'll be able to tackle the RCPNews and similar projects again.
I'm also thinking of writing a new article on using Extension Points, which is a (fairly) basic feature of Eclipse, but one that perhaps is shrouded in mystery. If you think that's a good idea, or have any other suggestions on what I could write about, please let me know via comments to this blog post or mail to my GMail address (alex dot blewitt).
Lastly, when I get some time, I'm going to put an on-line book together on writing RCP applciations, largely documenting the bits and pieces that go into things like automated builds, hooking up events between views etc. and using the RCPNews as an example of these topics in action, so developers actually have the chance to dig through some code to see what's going on. I'm thinking of making it on-line for free, and then using a publish-on-demand service like Lulu to provide printed copies at a minor cost (15$?) for those that want it. Any thoughts?
