Remote Application Platform

Today we are proud to release Tabris 1.0. If you have not followed us so far you probably don’t know what Tabris is. Let me put it in one sentence: Tabris is the first Java-Toolkit for the cross-platform development of native mobile Apps. It enables you to write iOS and Android Apps completely in Java with [...]

Since RAP 2.0 has fully implemented the JSON-based RAP Protocol I was eager to test it’s full potential myself. The Tabris clients for Android and iOS already exist and others may follow, but as I’m mostly at home in the browser that’s where I would like to use it. The Vision My idea was to [...]

If you are writing unit tests for your Java code, then you should also write them for any other code you wrote for the same project. Otherwise these tests only give you a false sense of security. RAP 2.0 provides a new JavaScript API to extend the framework with custom components, as you can read [...]

This is just a heads up for those interested in developing RAP applications with Virgo. I finished updating our tutorial to RAP 2.0 and Virgo 3.6.x (aka Sky). The first part guides you through the setup of your Eclipse IDE and Virgo Jetty Server. The second part is a short walkthrough on how to create [...]

Applications built with RAP are often designed for high productivity: The faster you can control the app, the more work you can get done. In many cases, keyboard controls are significantly faster than mouse controls. Consequentially, RAP has ... [More] continually improved keyboard controls since it’s inception. What are Mnemonics? Should you not know, Mnemonics are the [...] [Less]

Only two weeks left until EclipseCon! I’m sure everyone’s excited to see the new location, make new and meet old friends. This year we have plenty of talks ranging from runtime over mobile to modeling. Pick your choices! Highly Interactive Mobile ... [More] Apps with RAP (J. Böhme López, H. Staudacher): Smartphones and Tablets have become ubiquitous. The [...] [Less]

The latest release of RAP 2.0 is still hot. It also contains some improvements for unit testing as Ralf Sternberg mentioned in one of his blog posts that came along with RAP 2.0. The following post will get you up and running with the first JUnit test in your own RAP project. A user interface written [...]

As you may have read in the Tabris 0.11.0 new and noteworthy post, we have created a small UI framework called the “Tabris UI”. In this post I will dive into the details of this framework. Grab a coffee and open your mind . Let’s get started… Background Almost a year ago we released our [...]

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 ... [More] git://github.com/eclipsesource/rap-maven-examples.git and trigger the Maven action: $ cd rap-maven-examples/com.eclipsesource.rap.examples.maven $ [...] [Less]

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 ... [More] applications. RAP 2.0 supports alternative clients and has new APIs to distinguish between clients, access client-specific features, and [...] [Less]