The Rich Get Richer: Eclipse Rich AJAX Platform Builds on RCP
The new Eclipse Rich AJAX Platform (RAP) is a server-side platform that multiple concurrent users can access via their browsers and Eclipse RCP developers can learn in no time.
by Riccardo Govoni
November 27, 2007
he recently launched Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) is another component of the ever-increasing Eclipse ecosystem. Its purpose, as explained on the Eclipse RAP website, is simple: "The RAP project enables developers to build rich, Ajax-enabled Web applications by using the Eclipse development model, plug-ins with the well known Eclipse workbench extension points, and a widget toolkit with SWT API."
Eclipse RAP delivers this functionality to enable a three-pronged vision:
Allow developers to reuse as much knowledge as possible from their experience with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications
Have only one codebase for both rich client applications and server-side applications accessed through a browser
Facilitate the notoriously difficult debugging of web applications by operating completely on Java code on the server side
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