Free OSGi and RAP online tutorials

Get a jumpstart with our virtual classroom and these free tutorials.

Single Sourcing RCP and RAP Tutorial:
Desktop and web clients from a single code base
Ralf Sternberg and Benjamin Muskalla
Tuesday, May 18th - 14:00-16:00 CET

OSGi Jumpstart Tutorial
Jeff McAffer
Thursday, May 20th - 10:00 am-12:00 noon Eastern

Single Sourcing RCP and RAP Tutorial

Desktop and web clients from a single code base

Ralf Sternberg and Benjamin Muskalla

Tuesday, May 18th - 14:00-16:00 CET

The Rich Ajax Platform provides a framework and tools to develop rich clients and web clients from a single code base, either from scratch or by migrating an existing RCP codebase. In this tutorial you will learn how to create RAP applications and how to share a single code base between RAP and RCP.

• Introduction - We'll give you a short overview of what RAP is and what it isn't.
• Single Sourcing - There are some inevitable differences between RCP and web clients. We'll present best practices for dealing with those issues based on experience with customer projects.
• Styling - Web clients should look different than RCP clients. We'll show how a regular RCP application can be transformed into an appealing web application.

OSGi Jumpstart Tutorial

Jeff McAffer

Tuesday, May 20th - 10:00 am - 12:00 noon Eastern

OSGi has been in the press a lot lately. Everywhere you turn there is some new product or project adopting the technology.  From Eclipse to Apache to Spring.  From servers to desktops to embedded.  OSGi enables the creation of highly modular, dynamic Java-based systems. 

Wondering what its all about? Join book author and Equinox OSGi project co-lead Jeff McAffer (equinoxosgi.org) for an introduction to Equinox and OSGi concepts and look at the breadth and depth of technology available in this space.

This mini-course is designed to give you a clear understanding of the essential concepts, facilities and advantages of this key technology. This session will be of use to anyone interested in building flexible systems in Java.  It is particularly useful for technical managers and decision makers to help them better understand the overall runtime technology.

Approximately half the time is spent looking at key OSGi concepts from bundles to services and the process by which highly modular Java systems are developed.  The other half is spent on a number of key technologies, how they are integrated into Equinox and OSGi base systems and the benefits their use can bring to your systems. Attendees will come away with a clear picture of Eclipse, Equinox and OSGi as a platform for combining their own work and that of others to create solutions to their software requirements.