Apptoy - A Java GUI Browser

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Get Started

Here is some help to get started with Apptoy:

Web Start Application

The Webstart Demo App (known to fail on Mac OS X) shows all implemented elements, mostly without any further data (empty lists and comobos...). It's the demo I used to develop the SWT renderer.

Start your own project

To make the start easier I prepared an application which you can import to your eclipse.

  • You have Eclipse installed (at least Europa release).
  • Check these instructions to integrate SWT in your Eclipse development environment.
  • Add the latest GetStarted package to your workspace in the same way (File->Import->Existing Projects into Workspace->Archive File...).
  • Right-click the Get Started with Apptoy.launch file, click Run As and Get Started with Apptoy
  • Explore the gui directory of this project and begin modifying the skeleton form.
  • I recommend you add the XSD files from the xsd folder to the XML Catalog (Window->Preferences->Web and XML->XML Catalog->Add..., add the xsd files from the workspace). After that operation you can use Ctrl-Space to get context help in the XML file.
  • You should read the Apptoy introduction once this is setup

If you want me to show this to you, watch the Get Started Video (20MB, will download before it starts).