RAP 2.0 Available on Maven Central
Hot on the heels of the release of RAP 2.0 the bundles have been uploaded to Maven Central. Time for another coffee break with RAP and Maven. Before you get your coffee grab the updated sample project from GitHub[1]. $ cd /tmp $ git clone git://github.com/eclipsesource/rap-maven-examples.git and trigger the Maven action: $ cd rap-maven-examples/com.eclipsesource.rap.examples.maven $ [...]
RAP 2.0 Launched Today
The Eclipse RAP Project has just launched its long-awaited 2.0 version. With this release, the project has changed its name to “Remote Application Platform” to indicate the transition from a browser platform to a universal platform for remote applications. RAP 2.0 supports alternative clients and has new APIs to distinguish between clients, access client-specific features, and [...]
RAP 2.0 Countdown (5/5)
Today’s our big day: RAP 2.0 is being released. Here’s my last post in this RAP 2.0 series. In my first post, I wrote about the new JSON protocol and how it connects the half objects on client and server. The question is, can you leverage this protocol for custom add-ons? You can, using the [...]
RAP 2.0 Countdown (4/5)
While we are waiting for the RAP 2.0 release to be published on Monday, I’m introducing you to the most important changes in this major release. For today, I’ve picked a slightly trickier part of RAP: the server push. RAP has built-in server push support, and a brand new push API in 2.0. Let me [...]
Focusing on the Problems
The “Problems” view in Eclipse lists errors and warnings in the workspace. In its default settings this view is not entirely helpful, but it is highly customizable. Today I want to show you how you can configure this view to shift the focus to the interesting errors and warnings in your current area of work. [...]
RAP 2.0 Countdown (3/5)
RAP 2.0 is approaching and I want to explain the most important changes in this short blog series. The key innovation of RAP 2.0 is its support for alternative clients. Today I’d like to introduce you to the new Client API that lets you find out which client is currently connected. This interface can also [...]
RAP 2.0 Countdown (2/5)
There’s only one week to go until the RAP 2.0 release. In this short blog series, I’d like to introduce you to the most important changes. Besides the new protocol, the main theme in RAP 2.0 is the consolidation of our APIs. After six years of RAP 1.x, it was time for a cleanup. In this [...]
Eclipse Kepler Milestone 5, available for download
It’s hard to believe that we’re already 1 month into 2013 and that means that Eclipse Kepler release is less than 5 months away. This is also a great time to get involved and help out (especially with testing) if you rely on the Eclipse project. Today, the Eclipse and Equinox teams are proud to announce [...]
RAP 2.0 Countdown (1/5)
After more than six years of RAP 1.x, we will release version 2.0 on February 11. As the version number suggests, there are some substantial changes in this release. During the last few days before the release, I will guide you through the most important changes in RAP 2.0. It’s not so much about new [...]