The Ganymede Release Train is about to arrive (or leave?) on June 25th 2008 and RAP 1.1 is on-board along with 22 other projects. The busy weeks of pre-release polishing, bug fixing and stress-testing lie behind us. Now is the time talk about what's new in this release, meet other Eclipse enthusiasts and even celebrate a little. If you want to learn more about RAP 1.1 join...
Read MoreAs Neil pointed out in Having fun with RAP and OSGi there is a challenge for us rappers: Provide a look & feel of RAP applications suitable for the web. We do not claim that we are completely there, but introducing the PresentationFactory is a big step forward. You now no longer depend on our design capabilities, just do it yourself. And to help you get...
Read MoreThe RAP team just announced the availability of RAP 1.1 M3. Some new things in this release: UI Mouse Events - Controls will notify mouse listeners on mouse up, down and double-click events. Theming Variants - Define multiple theming styles for the for the same widget type. Want blue buttons and green buttons? Now you can do it. Background Images - You can now use a background image on most controls. Transparency...
Read MoreMy colleagues from the RAP Team have created proof-of-concept implementation of a web-enabled Draw2D port. This could eventually allow you to port existing graphical applications based on the GEF/Draw2D frameworks to the web. Click here to watch the video. So will this be available as part of Eclipse RAP soon? No, this work was intended as a feasibility study. At this point we are looking for parties that...
Read MoreHere are two amazing screenshots from a RAP-based application which was unveiled earlier this month. The team at CAS Software launched a hosted CRM solution based on RAP. They did a great job of customizing and polishing the RAP UI to create a unique look-and-feel. Calendar View The calendar supports drag-drop, transparency and instant input (click-and-type). Contacts Details This is screen shot of the contact details view. Note the...
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