[udig-devel] Re: uDig Plug-in

[Jody Garnett <jgarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Juma Lungo wrote:
> Hi Jody
> I am new in uDig framework and in GIS programming in particular.
> However, i want to make uDig work with a health database, in mysql.
> attached please find my plugin specification.
>
> basically i want to add a function which connect to a database, search 
> an entry  on the database, seach the same entry on shape file, then 
> highlith the image on the map.
Sounds like fun!
> This is in real life application. Please help me how to go about.
Well we are happy to help with facilities over here, as in we can set up 
up with subversion space in the community section. You should sign up to 
the developers email list and work your way through the initial plug-in 
tutorial.

From there on out you can start to get into Eclipse books (for help in 
making a user interface and so on), and our own uDig/Eclipse RCP docs.  
I assume you are familiar with the MySQL/JDBC part of things?

One thing I should note, our docs are on as an needed basis, so as you 
have questions we will due our best to make a page of docs
to answer email, and help people later. So you you are already on the 
right track, ask questions!

See: 
<http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/DEV/How+to+Getting+Started+with+Plugin+Development>

Jody