Writing a Carbide plug-in can make your daily development easier as you can tailor its actions to suit the job at hand. Before you can write a Carbide plug-in you will need to have some background knowledge about writing Eclipse plug-ins as well as experience with Java, debugging plug-ins and other pieces of basic information.
To get started try the following:
- Work through the Simple plug-in example available in the Platform Plug-in Developer Guide that's included with the Carbide Development Kit (CDK) downloaded in the previous Creating plug-ins for Carbide.c++ post. Follow all the steps in the guide until you have the plug-in running and debugged to your satisfaction.
- Now import a Carbide plug-in example like com.nokia.carbide.cpp.sdk.example into your workspace and compare it to the Simple example above. Note the use of Carbide specific API calls to read project and build information.
- Begin incorporating Carbide API calls, found in the Carbide.c++ Plug-in Developer Guide, into the Simple plug-in example to add menus, read project information, and generally create the Carbide plug-in you desire.
To access specific information about Carbide projects, refer to the Carbide.c++ Plug-in Developer Guide for additional information and/or questions on the Carbide.c++ IDE and plug-ins discussion forum.
