Have you ever heard about RWT standalone? RWT standalone applications use the widget toolkit of RAP called RWT for their user interface. These applications can be standard Java applications with no need to create an OSGi based application. For Java applications it can be quite challenging to find the required dependencies but Maven can help here. And, to make the life...
Read MoreFinally I’m happy to announce the long expected extension of the EPP Wizard for proxies. Now the EPP Wizard provides an extended P2 installer which allows you to edit the proxy-related settings. The extended P2 installer has a dialog where you can select a proxy and enter the credentials for it. This feature should be used in cases where the proxy needs full authentication (user...
Read MorePreviously, I blogged about the current state of the Eclipse Packaging Project (EPP) Wizard. I have good news, the EPP wizard is now officially available. The wizard has been embedded in our own company download site under the Customize Download button. If you start on the Eclipse Foundation download site and chose to download your packages from EclipseSource, you have the option to download an unmodified...
Read MoreThe EPP Wizard is now available as a preview from our website: https://epp.eclipsesource.com. The idea behind the EPP Wizard is to simplify the installation process of dynamic downloads. With the EPP Wizard, you can easily choose what you want to include in your Eclipse installation and install this selection. The wizard itself consists of four pages. The first three pages contain the components that can be installed...
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