RAP (The Rich Ajax Platform)

Single-Sourcing RAP and RCP

Chris Aniszczyk [email protected]

Let’s Talk Technology...

Eclipse RCP! 3

Lotus Notes 8+

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Lotus Sametime 7.5+

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NASA Maestro

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RCP Knowledge

Web 2.0? *thin clients are back and thicker this time!

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Online Presentations?

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Online Photoshop?

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Pixlr

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Web 2.0 Knowledge

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Web 2.0

Desktop

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Impossible?

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Exchange the Runtime! 20

EclipseRT and OSGi RCP

RAP

equinox 21

Layers of RCP

Moving to the web...

RAP Layers

Qooxdoo? A Swing/Qt/Cocoa type framework for the web...

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On the Surface... RCP-ish

Best of both worlds...

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Theming Possibilities!

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How does it work?

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Request Life Cycle An event triggers a request...

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Request Life Cycle Request is processed on the server... updates server-side widgets... process events... generate response...

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Request Life Cycle The user interface changes are rendered on the client...

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Why!? 33

It’s possible! 34

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How much reuse!? 37

Code Reuse 80%–98% is possible platform specific code

shared code 38

What about the 2-20%? 39

RAP Runs in a Browser File system GraphicsContext* MouseMove*

RCP

File upload Theming*

RAP

RAP is Multi-User!

RCP

RAP

API Differences

RCP

Desktop-only features

RAP

Web-specific features

SingleSourcing via Fragments Fragments Host Bundle

Handy Tools Eclipse SDK

RAP SDK includes

- RAP Runtime - Tooling - Help

Workplace

Shared Projects RAP Workspace

RCP Workspace

Example Application RCP Mail Demo

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Runs immediately...

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Runs in a browser...

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Real World Examples?

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Numiton PHP->Java

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Memory Analyzer I

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Memory Analyzer II

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Conclusion

RAP enables reuse RAP enables modularity Give it a try! www.eclipse.org/rap

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Q&A

Thanks for listening! Questions!? www.eclipsesource.com www.eclipse.org/rap 57