Eclipse WindowBuilder™ 1.6.0
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Release Date:
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Deliverables:
- Compatibility with Eclipse 4.3 (Kepler)
- New org.eclipse.wb.core.java plugin extraced from org.eclipse.wb.core plugin
- New org.eclipse.wb.core.java.feature feature
Compatibility:
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No API was deprecated or removed
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This release is binary compatible with all previous releases
Internationalization:
- All strings are externalized to resource files and are localization ready (English resource files only).
Target Environments:
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WindowBuilder requires Java 6 or later
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Supports SWT, RCP, eRCP, XWT and Swing
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Supports Swing JSR 295 and 296
Milestones:
Name | Date | Description |
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1.6.0 | 2013/06/26 | WB 1.6.0 should be released and included in the Kepler simultaneous release |
1.6.1 | 2013/09/27 | WB 1.6.1 should be released and included in the Kepler SR1 release |
Themes:
Ensure that WindowBuilder works great with Eclipse 4.3
As the Kepler simultaneous release is going to be based on Eclipse 4.3, WindowBuilder needs to work properly when installed as a feature in an Eclipse 4.3 IDE.
Better support for non-Java UI frameworks
WindowBuilder needs to provide better support creating creating non-Java UI frameworks. The core Java support is built into the core WindowBuilder libraries and needs to be extracted into its own plugin. This will leave the core WindowBuilder API agnostic to language and make it much easier to create UI builders for non-Java UI frameworks.
Community support
The WindowBuilder team needs to continue supporting users who wish to use WB to create their Swing and SWT user interfaces as well as developers wishing to use WB as a base for creating their own custom UI builders.
This release is part of Kepler.