Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform: Bringing Rich Client into the Web (Firstpress) [Paperback]

Fabian Lange (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1430218835 | ISBN-13: 978-1430218838 | Publication Date: December 16, 2008 | Edition: 1

Published with the developer in mind, firstPress technical briefs explore emerging technologies that have the potential to be critical for tomorrow's industry. Apress keeps developers one step ahead by presenting key information as early as possible in a PDF of 150 pages or less.

Explore the future through Apress… Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) is an innovative toolkit for developing applications that will run as Rich Clients as well as Web Applications.

This firstPress book is the first book on the new Eclipse RAP, and introduces the required Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) and OSG/i concepts used by Eclipse RAP.

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About the Author

Fabian Lange has been working with various web technologies in the past years. As Developer and Architect at Hewlett Packard and Nokia he has been trying to bring state of the art technologies into Enterprise business. He has broad knowledge on many Java web frameworks (starting from JSP, over JSF towards GWT, Tapestry and Wicket). His competencies also span to different languages like PHP, where he is developer of the open source symfony framework. He believes that it is important to know all the available tools to deliver the best solution for enterprise business.

Currently he is working for codecentric GmbH in Germany, where he develops Enterprise Java application and does performance consulting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (December 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430218835
• ISBN-13: 978-1430218838
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,184,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to a new Eclipse Technology, December 30, 2008

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This review is from: Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform: Bringing Rich Client into the Web (Firstpress) (Paperback)

I've been following Eclipse RAP since I first saw the demo at EclipseCon 2008. The technology is very promising and the emphasis on single-sourcing is a time saver. This book is an introduction to Eclipse RAP. Don't expect an in depth review of the technology.

Chapters on how RAP is setup relative to the whole Eclipse Platform stack and comparison to Eclipse RCP is very helpful. In addition chapter that covered whether RAP will work for a particular projects was something I was interested in. I especially liked the example RAP application that author walks you through so you can get started using RAP pretty quickly.

So, if you are looking for a in depth discussion of RAP technology this is not the book yet. It is a book for someone who is not sure if the technology will work for a particular project and wants q gentle introduction. I do look forward to more in depth book on Eclipse RAP as it promises to be a very interesting technology to use.

Also, the book would have been half the size if font that was used would not have been 13 or 14 px - seems too big for me.