Building Web-based Modeling Tools based on Eclipse Theia
summary
Shows a working Eclipse Theia stack that reuses desktop logic on the server and wires UI pieces in the browser: a JSON Forms tree editor hooked to a forms server, text editors using Language Server Protocol (LSP) (Java and Xtext), graphical editors via GLSP + Sprotty diagrams, and generation with Xtend code generator and JUnit backend runner that executes tests remotely. Demo includes D3 analysis visualizations, Electron or remote deployment, and warns web migration often costs an order of magnitude more effort but is feasible with iterative migration.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50Why Eclipse Theia
- 1:48Challenges
- 5:03Strategies
- 6:19Why Theia
- 8:08Architecture and Deployment
- 8:57Demo
- 13:10Java Code Editing
- 15:22Language Server Protocol
- 17:12Graphical Editors
- 20:17Code Generation
- 22:43Textual DSLs
- 25:15Analysis
- 27:20Migrating
- 30:54Summary
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