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Guide to Single-Sourcing RCP / RAP

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Work more effectively with RCP and RAP.  Read the Guide "Patterns for Single-Sourcing RCP and RAP applications".

Refcardz: Getting Started with Equinox and OSGi

Jeff McAffer - February 2009

Equinox is a highly modular, dynamic Java runtime environment based on the OSGi framework specifications. This reference card gives you a quick tour of the technology, how it works and how to use it.

Eclipse API Tools Introduction

Chris Aniszczyk - September 16, 2008

Crafting Application Public Interface (API) and especially managing API among different releases is difficult. Learn how to take advantage of Eclipse's PDE API Tools to make this process easier and seamlessly integrated into your daily development.

Plug-in Development 101, Part 1: The fundamentals

Chris Aniszczyk - February 12, 2008

Plug-in development in Eclipse is somewhat of an art form. If you're new to the concept of plug-ins, especially in the context of OSGi and Eclipse, it can be quite burdensome learning the myriad tools Eclipse has to help you write plug-ins. The purpose of this article is to help you learn some basic plug-in development skills with some best practices sprinkled in for good measure.

Plug-in Development 101, Part 2: Introducing rich-client applications

Chris Aniszczyk - April 1, 2008

Plug-in development in Eclipse is somewhat of an art form. If you're new to the concept of plug-ins, especially in the context of OSGi and Eclipse, it can be a burden learning the myriad tools Eclipse has to help you write plug-ins. This article will help you learn some basic plug-in development skills, with some best practices sprinkled in for good measure.

Rich Ajax Platform, Part 1: An introduction

Chris Aniszczyk and Benjamin Muskalla - October 23, 2007

Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (Ajax) and the concept of Web 2.0 has spread through the development community as a way add liveliness to Web-based applications. The Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) is a way to build Ajax-enabled Web applications by using the Eclipse development model. This article introduces RAP, tells you how to set up a RAP development environment, shows off some demos, and concludes with some simple-to-understand examples.

Rich Ajax Platform, Part 2: Developing applications

Chris Aniszczyk and Benjamin Muskalla - December 11, 2007

The Rich Client Platform (RCP) is a powerful platform technology to build enterprise applications. With the help of Rich Ajax Platform (RAP), it gets more interesting because you can reuse your existing code base and development skills for a Web application, as you saw in Part 1 of this "Rich Client Platform" series. Additionally, RAP has some noteworthy features, making Web development even more attractive. The article goes beyond the Hello World example, and explains some key concepts and how to use advanced features provided by RAP.