RAP the Web

Frank Appel (Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH), Jochen Krause (Innoopract)

Eclipse As A Platform · Long Talk
Presentation
Wednesday, 14:30, 50 minutes | Grand Ballroom GHAB |

Frank Appel

Jochen Krause

This talk introduces the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP), an eclipse runtime technolgy for the server side. RAP enables developers to build rich, Ajax-enabled Web applications by using the Eclipse development model. Developers can take advantage of OSGI bundle (plug-ins) technology and use subsets of the well known Eclipse workbench extension points, JFace and SWT. The session will provide an architecture overview of RAP and a brief introduction for getting started with RAP development. We will further look into the new and noteworthy features of the current 1.1 development cycle and discuss best practices for complementing exisiting RCP applications with RAP. The session will conclude with an outlook for the roadmap of the next major release.

Frank is Software Developer at Innoopract Informationssysteme GmbH and works currently on the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) Project as technical lead. He has been development lead of Innoopract's W4Toolkit (which has been the base of the code donation for the RAP Project) and W4T Eclipse - a visual web application development tool for W4Toolkit. He started developing Eclipse plugins in 2002 and has expert knowledge in architecture of Eclipse-based systems, Eclipse Platform API™s and IDE-Development.

Jochen Krause has been involved with Eclipse since 2002 and represents Innoopract on the Eclipse Board of Directors. He is the project lead for the Eclipse RAP project. At Innoopract, a recognized specialist in Eclipse distribution and web application development, he is responsible for strategy and product development. He has driven the adoption of Eclipse as the foundation of all of Innoopracts product offerings. By supporting Fortune 500 companies engaging with Eclipse technology he gained a broad understanding of the requirements and needs of the Eclipse enterprise market.