Finally we put a few functions and classes together that we already had, and made a simple, easy to use and jet powerful tool which we would liked to have ourselves ;-) Sadly it did not exist when we would have needed it, so we had to make it ourselves.

Using Maven Tycho it is possible to build OSGi applications and therefore Eclipse RCP applications easily with Maven. Creating a ready to run product is already described on the internet a few times.

In the Eclipse SCADA project we finally wanted to create a setup of the server components for the Windows platform. Ideally all the server tasks should be integrated into the Windows service framework, so that you can stop and start services “the Windows way”.

Time again for some new icons for an Eclipse RCP launcher. While The Gimp can easily create XPM and Windows ICO files, when it comes to Mac OS “icns” format, you won’t have any built in support.

Finally, we had the time to complete the Eclipse SCADA Website. There is still a lot missing, but I think it is a good start.