An amphibian called Eclipse RAP

Eclipse Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) is a slightly unusual framework. At first glance it looks like a competitor to Google Web Toolkit (my article about GWT), but a closer look tells a different story. RAP is meant to let you build Eclipse RCP applications that run in a browser as well as on the desktop. In that sense RAP is closer to a competitor to Adobe AIR.

I’ll spare you a lengthy description and point you to the demos, which show RAP at its best.

The next image compares RAP’s architecture with Eclipse RCP.

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But why repeat what others have already written?

• Ajax meet OSGi: Expanding Universes Collide with Eclipse RAP 1.0
• RAP brings Eclipse into the Ajax framework game
• Yet another Ajax toolkit: Eclipse RAP 1.0
• Eclipse RAP 1.0 Brings RCP and OSGi to Ajax