Interested in the Rich Ajax Platform and residing in the Seattle area?Join me this weekend (Jan 26th - 27th) at the Seattle CodeCamp!The motto is "No Fluff - only Code" so I'm skipping the slides and preparing an hour of live RAP coding. To introduce RAP I'll recreate the RAP Calculator, with a few extra twists. The session is currently scheduled for Sat, Jan 26th,...
Read MoreThis post is out of date for RAP 1.2 (Galileo). You'll find the most recent deployment instructions here.---This part is about deploying a RAP application in a .war file. In Part 1 we explored how to deploy a RAP application with Jetty.Part 2: Deploying a Servlet Bridge .war on an Existing ServerIn this part we will create a .war file containing our application, its...
Read MoreThis post is out of date for RAP 1.2 (Galileo).---When it comes to deploying your RAP Application you have two options: you can either put the web server inside the OSGi runtime (Equinox + Jetty + RAP + your app) or you can put the OSGi runtime inside an existing server (.war file with the Servlet Bridge + Equinox + RAP + your app).I...
Read MoreA series of Eclipse DemoCamps are currently being organized by Eclipse enthusiasts around the world. These events are an opportunity to showcase / learn about cool stuff build by the Eclipse community and to meet other Eclipse enthusiasts in an informal setting.If you are interested in the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) consider attending one of the following events - all of which have a RAP-related...
Read MoreA slightly overlooked aspect of RAP Applications is that they do *not* have to take the whole page in your browser. Instead they can also be embedded into an existing web page. The example below is embedded into this blog post and is fully usable. My pet-term for such an application is "RAPplet" - kinda like an applet but without the need for a JVM...
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