Where are the default Eclipse plugin development templates?

Question

I was just starting to learn plug-in development for Eclipse, and I found a bunch of tutorials, some of which look deprecated (i.e. using older versions of Eclipse). But I found one that uses Helios, so it's pretty modern. But they all relate to creating projects using templates. Whenever I start a new plugin project, the list of templates is empty. Does anyone know where these patterns came from? Is there anything specific I need to install in Eclipse to get the templates? Can I download them separately from another location?

Answer 1

PDE templates are in the plugin org.eclipse.pde.ui.templates. I use standard Eclipse packaging, and this plugin is part of the "distribution". Perhaps you can look at the Helios software repository (Help → Install new software → Helios Repository) and see if you can find any features related to the PDE user interface template.

EDIT: After checking, the PDE template plugin is part of the PDE function. As a result, if you have PDE installed, you must have templates. What "distribution" of Eclipse did you download from the download page?

Answer 2

Have you downloaded the Eclipse PDE version?

http://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-rcp-and-rap-developers/indigor

or

http://eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-rcp-and-rap-developers/heliossr2

for Helios and

I don’t know where they came from, but they are included in the RCP and RAP indication installation package.

Cheers rob