Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (eBook)

Fabian Lange has worked with various web technologies in the past several years. As developer and architect at Hewlett-Packard and Nokia, he is trying to bring state-of-the-art technologies to enterprise business. He has broad knowledge of many Java web frameworks (from JSP to JSF, GWT, Tapestry, and Wicket). His competencies also span to different languages like PHP, where he is a developer of the open source symfony framework. He believes that it is important to know all the tools available to deliver the best solution for enterprise business. Currently, Fabian works for codecentric GmbH in Germany, where he develops enterprise Java applications and does performance consulting.

Contents 2
Chapter 1: Rich Clients vs. Web Clients 8
A Rich Client Definition 9
A Web Client Definition 11
A Rich Web Client Definition 14
History Is Repeating Itself 17
What to Choose Now? 18
Chapter 2: Introducing Eclipse RAP 21
The RAP Vision 21
RAP Case Studies 26
Pitfalls with RAP 33
Chapter 3: The RAP Architecture 37
The Runtime Layer 38
Reimplemented APIs 41
Issues and Solutions 43
RAP Plug-ins and Packages 46
RAP Version History 47
The RAP Community 48
Chapter 4: Developing a RAP Application 50
Installing the Eclipse and RAP SDKs 50
Running the RAP Sample Application 53
Creating a Simple Application 57
Extending the Application 68
Chapter 5: Single Sourcing 87
Pros and Cons of Single Sourcing 87
Project Setup 89
Running the Mail Demo in RCP 92
Running the Mail Demo in RAP 93
Rerunning the RCP Version 101
Wrapping Up 103
More Single-Sourcing Techniques 104
Chapter 6: Advanced RAP Features 113
Changing the Look and Feel 113
Writing a Custom Widget 120
RAP Without the Workbench 129
Unit Testing in RAP 131
Chapter 7: RAP Deployment 134
Running RAP in Jetty in Equinox 134
Running RAP in Equinox in Tomcat 139
Related Titles 144