How to Add Plug-ins to Rational Functional Tester (RFT) (eg. add Apache HttpCore) or Clone RFT Environment? - eclipse-plugin

There is one installation of RFT in Machine_1, I have installed the IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT) in Machine_2, I see that in "Help>About Rational Functional Tester>Plug-in Details" Plug-in Details table some Plug-ins are missing from Machine_2 when I compare with the same plug-in table in the Machine_1.
Do I need to install the missing Plug-ins to have the same RFT environment in Machine_1 and Machine_2 or is there any way to transfer all the environment settings (Plug-ins etc.) of Machine_1 to Machine_2?
How can I add the "Apache HttpCore" Plug-in that is missing from Plug-in Details table to Machine_2?

What is the issue you have on machine_1 ? That Apache Http plugin I think is not really used by RFT .. may be its just part of Eclipse Shell used by RFT. What is the version of RFT that you use in Machine_1 and Machine_2. Do you need to use some APIs from Apache HttpCore?

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Dynamic use of Workspace Mechanic in Eclipse

Can Workspace Mechanic be configured to load certain rules only if a given plugin or feature is installed?
For example, we have both Java and C++ developers. As it stands today, you get the option to follow both Java AND C++ guidelines in the workspace popup. Can Workspace Mechanic check if JDT and/or CDT are installed?
I do not think Workspace Mechnanic supports this out of the box. However, as it provides extension points, you may be able to build your own plugin to reach your goal. I did it once, but had to use a fragment to access internal capabilities not to reinvent the wheel.

eclipse cdt - 2 ways to install it, confused about them

i go to eclipse download website
i find Eclipse CDT - a version of eclipse that is standalone
in my standard Eclipse SDK(not cdt)
i can do this:
Help->install new software-> then i get a window popup and ask me to give the url
it looks like this:
so then you can install it
this is a separate standalone Eclipse CDT :
this is a standalone Eclipse SDK:
my question is:
1.what is the difference between separate Eclipse CDT and installing CDT plugin onto Eclipse SDK OR are they same thing?
2. what is better? is it better to use a separate Eclipse CDT or just install a plugin inside my Eclipse SDK?
thanks in advance!
Short answer: there is no important difference[1] between the two.
Longer answer: The Eclipse IDE is nothing more than a bunch of plugins that work together to create the functionality for code editing (and other things).
When you go to http://eclipse.org/downloads, you'll see a bunch of different packages. Each package provides a certain set of features, but this is no more than a convenience so that you don't have to install the vanilla SDK and then install the stuff that you really need on top of that. The php dev will not need the C++ compiler and vice-versa. But, you can install it if you want. At it's core, the same small set of plugins are re-used between all distributions.
You can compare the different distributions here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/compare.php
[1]: Actually, the difference is that the SDK includes source code for all features as well as the Java compiler and plugin development tools. The C++ tools do not include these.

Openlaszlo in Eclipse

Can anybody tell me how to add the openlaszlo plugin to the eclipse or any IDE for openlaszlo ?
Thank you!
IDE4Laszlo - http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/IDE4Laszlo - an Eclipse-based development environment for creating, editing, debugging, and testing applications based on the LZX declarative mark-up language.
Also check https://stackoverflow.com/a/11676129/363075 for details of other development tools for OpenLaszlo.
I would use the Spket IDE plugin. It has some support for Laszlo, and I've used it in projects. The old IBM IDE project has been discontinued back in 2006. The Eclipse Update Site for Spket is http://www.agpad.com/update.
If you would rather use an XML Schema file with Eclipse, there is an Ant build script capable of generating a custom XSD file for your application. See the OpenLaszlo Schema Generator site for more info.

Eclipse new plugin Project: Not choosable

just an easy quesition but I can't find any answer in this wonderful world wide web...
I just want to create a new Plugin Project based on Eclipse Helios. Normally this feature should be shipped with this version (Version: Helios Service Release 2 Build id: 20110301-1815) but I can't choose it via "file->new->Project". Do I have sth. to install previously?
Thanks a lot for any help guys ... :)
It is also possible to do plugin development with any eclipse classic version. (I am working with 4.2)
For plugin development in eclipse classic version you need to go
Help-->Install New Software--> In work with select version url provided by eclipse it self. e.g. in case of 4.2 Juno it will be Juno - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno
It will render all the possible plugin provided by eclipse it self.
In that list there will a Eclipse plugin development environment in General purpose tools.
Or you can get that one by writing plug in filter text box.
Select Eclipse plugin development environment and install it.
Now you can able to do plugin development in classic version also.
Hope this will be helpful.
Install Eclipse for RCP and RAP developers.
If you already installed Eclipse you can add on the Plug-in Environment from within Eclipse
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/273044/
The Plugin Perspective is not installed.
To get it: Help->Install New Software
Work With: --All Available Sites--
In the Filter Box, type "Plug-in"
Look for something that says "General Purpose Tools" and expand it.
Look for "Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment"
Click Next a few times and install it, then restart.
Exact verbiage may depend on your Eclipse version.

IDE for websphere/jython

I would like to develop administrative jython-scripts for WebSphere 7. Is there any IDE (or may be plugins for eclipse) which provides code auto-completition functions, ability to start/stop server, debug jython scripts? I know that there is the Application Server Toolkit 6.1 but it is for WebSphere 6.1 and couldn't be applied to WebSphere 7.
In WAS 7, "IBM Rational Application Developer Assembly and Deploy V7.5" has replaced the AST. "IBM Rational Application Developer V7.5 for WebSphere" is a superset of "IBM Rational Application Developer Assembly and Deploy V7.5". Both ship with your copy of WAS, but the license for RAD is just a trial one, while the license for the assembly and deploy tool does not expire. See:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.nd.multiplatform.doc/info/ae/ae/catk_assemblytools.html
Either should allow you to create/debug Jython/wsadmin scripts.
As for Python/Jython there is PyDev Eclipse plugin.
I got frustrated with Jython Wsadmin myself. I built a tool that uses a Groovy-DSL for my configuration:
Datasource
JdbcProvider
SIB, JmsQueue, Top
ActivationSpec
etc.
You can add it as a project dependency in IntelliJ and you got completion and inspection. You will be able to step through the script with a Debugger as in a regular Java program. I didn't test the start/stop server functionality, though.
I went as far as to make it useful for my purpose, pull requests welcome:
https://github.com/revaultch/wsadmin-groovy