Professional Web Development with RAP

(4 Days)

This course will teach you everything you need to use the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) for developing web applications.

RAP is an Eclipse technology for building rich browser-based applications written in Java. It enables developers to reuse their existing Java and Eclipse know-how and provides means for sharing code between web- and desktop-applications.

Kick-start your own development efforts by attending this course and learning from our RAP experts. All our instructors are directly involved in the RAP project as committers or work on commercial applications that use RAP. This course gives you the opportunity to learn from their experience.

During this class you will incrementally develop a full RAP application. The hands-on focus and the small class format (max. 6-8 participants) ensures that you'll gain a broad understanding of Eclipse RAP and get plenty of individual support from our experts.

Course Goals

Understand the most common concepts Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP)
Apply those concepts by developing a full RAP-based application
Gain working knowledge of the Eclipse RAP architecture
Become familiar best practices developing RAP development

Target Audience

The training is best for Java developers who would like to benefit from Eclipse's Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) for the development of general web applications

Prerequisites

Strong knowledge of Java and object-oriented programming
Experience using the Eclipse IDE
Basic knowledge of design patterns and XML

Introduction to RAP

Brief history of RAP
Types of applications where RAP can be used
Advantages of using RAP for business applications

Getting Started

IEntryPoint as the main RAP starting point
Creating an empty RAP application
Launching the application

Introduction to RWT

RWT history and concepts
RWT Container widgets (Shell, Composite, Group)
Other widgets (Label, Button, Text, Combo, List, Table, ...)
Layout managers
Working with events and listeners
Special widgets (Menus, Toolbar)
Standard dialogs

JFace Viewers

Introduction to Structured Viewers
Using a JFace Tree Viewer
Tables and the Jface Table Viewer

Server-Side Scopes

Learn about the different scopes (request-, session-, application-scope) available withing a RAP application
Using the RWT class to get access to life cycle management, session- and service-stores
Using the SessionSingletonBase to create session aware Singletons

Workbench

The Workbench - Eclipse's UI Metaphor
Windowing: Window, Menu, Page, Perspective, View, Editor
Workbench advisor classes
Workbench life-cycle
Creating workbench elements

Architectural Overview

Internal architecture of a RAP application (servlet container, OSGi, plug-ins, extension points)
Plug-in and package dependencies
Plug-in lifecycle
Versioning and naming conventions

Extending the RAP Platform Runtime

Creating contributions and accessing the extension registry
RAP applications as a structured system of extension points and contributions

Perspectives

Implementing and contributing perspectives
Defining perspective layout and contents
Adding a view to a perspective

Views

Implementing and contributing views
Using JFace viewers inside views
Registering View Actions/Commands

Editors

Types of Editors (form editors, multi page editors)
Differences between Views and Editors
Contributing and opening an editor
Implementing an editor
Managing the dirty state of an editor
Registering Editor Actions/Commands

Advanced Concepts

Action set part associations
Defining own extension points

RWT Custom Controls

Writing your own RWT custom widget in Java
Registering your own java-script for client-side widget representation
Writing your own widget adapter to synchronize the server and client states of the widget

Deployment of RAP applications

Features and Fragments
Deployment options (Jetty vs WAR)
War Archive Creation

UI customization

Theming
Branding
Custom window contents

Experiences and Best Practices

Naming Conventions
Structuring Code
Functional and Load Testing
Performance Optimizations

Provided Training Materials

Personalized Training Handbook
CD / download with application platform and solutions to all exercises (source code)

Additional Information

Course Duration: four days
Course format: instructor led with at least 50% hands-on labs and tutorials
Learn better in a small group: we guarantee a maximum number of 6-8 participants per class
Participants must bring their own laptop with an up-to-date installation of Eclipse

Course Language

Classes at US locations are held in English. Classes in Germany are held in German. Further languages are available upon request.

Pricing

Pricing varies by location. Please refer to the registration forms below for details.

Registration and Contact

Course Schedule USA

October 6-9 2008, Portland, OR

Course Schedule Germany

Unanswered questions? No matching dates? Prefer a training at your office?

We look forward to hearing from you:

North America:
Elias Volanakis
(+1) 503-552-1457
evolanakis(at)innoopract.com

Europe:
Michaela Unser
(+49) 721 664733 0
munser(at)innoopract.com

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