a look ahead at rap - news and vision

A look ahead at RAPA look ahead at RAPNews and VisionNews and Vision

Ralf Sternberg@ralfstx

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Five Years!

?

History

2007

New & Noteworthy

The Rich Ajax Platform

… as you know it

Not new – but noteworthy!

You don't have to use the workbench!Not even OSGi.

Graphics context (GC): drawing in the browser with SWT API

Browser history support

Draganddrop

Advanced styling features includingrounded borders, gradients, animations, and transparency

JFacedatabinding

Large set of SWT widgets including fully functional VIRTUAL Table and Tree, JFace viewers

RAP 1.3

1.4: Key bindings!

1.4: Mashups made easier

1.4: File upload

1.4: Themeable Scrollbars

1.4: Theming improvements

– New default theme– Theme contributions

Improved Tooling

WAR Product Tooling

RAP UI Designer?

Mobile

Challenges

– Accessibility– Draw2D, GEF– Rich Text Editing– Mobile devices– Multi touch

Single Sourcing?

A Vision for RAP:

Exchangeable Clients:The “protocol”

Modularity!

EMF BIRT Riena SWT JFaceData-

bindingWork-bench

RAP BoF tomorrow: 7:30

RTP BoF: tomorrow, 8:30 RT BoF: tonight, 8:30

CreditsCover photo by Christopher S. Pennhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/4670014137CC-by-nc-nd 2.0

IPad photo by JaredEarlehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredearle/4675262184CC-by-nc-sa 2.0

Web 2.0 Tag Cloud by Markus Angermeierhttp://kosmar.de/archives/2005/11/11/the-huge-cloud-lens-bubble-map-web20/via http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Web20en.pngCC-by-sa 2.0

Tab folder screenshotshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/2944368439http://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/448649435http://www.flickr.com/photos/guspim/417451390CC-by-sa 2.0

Ok. What's next?

Is that really cool?

Code reuse!

Kick ass development tools

Community

– Simplify– Open APIs– Make contributing easier– Build a marketplace– Public build