A look ahead at RAP (ESE 2010)
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A look ahead at RAP (ESE 2010)
- 1. A look ahead at RAP What is new now and will be noteworthy in the future Ralf Sternberg, RAP Team Lead © 2011, EclipseSource
- 2. The Rich Ajax Platform • Running RCP applications in a web browser • Single sourcing
- 3. RAP 1.3 Most Noteworty Graphics context (GC): drawing in the browser with SWT API Browser history supportDrag and drop New theming / styling features: Rounded borders, gradients, sliding and fading animations, semi-transparency Completed our coverage of APIs: JFace 3.6, Forms 3.6, cheat sheets, control decoration, and lots of additional SWT methods
- 4. Collaboration with other Projects • EMF • Riena • MAT • Virgo • redView
- 5. A new Tree widget • themeable expand icons • row hover effect • full VIRTUAL support • alternating row colors • row colors • cell colors • SWT.FULL_SELECTION
- 8. More 1.4 Plan items • Update SWT, JFace, Workbench • Key binding support • Improved mobile devices support • Non-native scrollbars • Theming improvements • ...
- 10. Where do we stand? Lots of features added, developed extremely quickly Technically: • Sufficient coverage of SWT • Single sourcing works • Powerful theming Project and Community: • Simultaneous release • Growing and very active community • Collaboration with other Eclipse projects RAP - the Eclipse web app framework?
- 11. What is left to do? Features • Draw2D • StyledText ... Future directions • Challenges? • other web frameworks • Web 2.0 trends
- 13. RAP is a Web App Platform
- 14. Theming
- 15. Shadows Theming
- 16. Tab Folders
- 18. Hackability, Mashability • Use mashups in RAP • Use JQuery etc. for custom widgets • Embed RAP application in Websites • Define a usable API for custom widgets
- 20. Custom widgets
- 21. Custom Widgets • Knowledge required: • RWT request lifecycle • JavaScript • qooxdoo 0.7.4 API (modified subset) • Client-side RWT code • Hacks involved • flushing queues • redirecting events • listening for DOM insertion → We need some documented API on the client
- 22. New devices
- 23. RAP on the IPad
- 24. Android? Blackberry? Windows phone? MeeGo? ... Improve support for mobile platforms • lightweight and modular client library • fix known issues support for alternative clients
- 25. RAP Protocol?
- 28. Alternative clients Well defined protocol based on JSON Proof-of-concept: IPod client using iAd JavaScript library native widgets!
- 29. RAP 2.0 will be ... nicer faster more extendable more stable
- 30. ... join us at the RAP BoF stay tuned: www.eclipse.org/rap www.eclipsesource.com/blogs/ @eclipsesource
- 31. Resources IPad photo by JaredEarle http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredearle/4675262184/sizes/m/in/photostream/ CC-by-nc-sa 2.0 Web 2.0 Tag Cloud by Markus Angermeier http://kosmar.de/archives/2005/11/11/the-huge-cloud-lens-bubble-map-web20/ via http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Web20en.png&filetimestamp=20070425070135 CC-by-sa 2.0 Tab folder screenshots http://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/2944368439/sizes/o/in/photostream/ CC-by-sa 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/448649435/sizes/o/in/photostream/ CC-by-sa 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/417451390/sizes/o/in/photostream/ CC-by-sa 2.0