Single Sourcing
RAP and RCP
Desktop
and
Web clients
from a
single code base
Rüdiger Herrmann
Ralf Sternberg

Desktop
Web 2.0
RCP / RAP

The Rich Ajax Platform
3

Who We Are
RAP Development Core Team
Karlsruhe, Germany

Tutorial Outline
RAP Basics
Single Sourcing
Styling
Deployment
Stress Testing

Layers of RCP

RAP Layers

RAP
RCP

How does it work?
Client Server

Request Life Cycle
w7.selection = true

Request Life Cycle
update client widget state
checkbox ← selected
process events
text.setText( … );
create response

Request Life Cycle
w3.setText( ... )

Hand Tools
Eclipse SDK
RAP SDK
includes
- RAP Runtime
- Tooling
- Help

RAP Packaging

Tutorial Outline
RAP Basics
Single Sourcing
Styling
Deployment
Stress Testing

RAP is Multi-User!
RCP RAP

RAP Runs in a Browser
File system File upload
RCP RAP

Differences
RCP RAP
Desktop-centric Web-centric
features features

Using Fragments
Fragments
Host Bundle

Workplace

Shared Projects
RAP Workspace
RCP Workspace

Lab I: Single-Sourcing the
Mail Demo

Optional Dependencies
25

Delegation
Bundle
Fragment
26

Tutorial Outline
RAP Basics
Single Sourcing
Styling
Deployment
Stress Testing

Branding: Ext. Point

Theming

Theming: CSS

Variants

Interaction-Design API
“Extended Stack Presentation”
Layout + Branding + Theming
Runtime
Styling Application

Lab II: Apply Styling

Tutorial Outline
RAP Basics
Single Sourcing
Styling
Deployment
Stress Testing

WAR Deployment

Anatomy of a .war File

Lab III: Deployment

Tutorial Outline
RAP Basics
Single Sourcing
Styling
Deployment
Stress Testing

“ Load testing is the process of putting
demand on a system or device and
”
measuring its response.
or...
...when does it blow up?

The tools
JMeter is a free, open-source
performance measurement tool
written in Java
or
Any HTTP-aware performance
measurement tool
<your choice>

Prepare environment
1
Similar deployment
Realistic hardware
Network latency

Record user session
2
Built-in proxy support
WidgetIdGenerator

3
Cleanup recordings
UI Callback Requests
Cookie Manager

Putting it all together
1+2+3
Test Plan (.jmx)

Results

… meet us at the booth

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