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RAP/1.4 Release Summary

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Revision as of 07:28, 7 June 2011 by Holger.staudacher.tasktop.com (Talk | contribs) (→‎Highlights)

New Widgets

In this release, the RAP widget set was enhanced by a completely new Tree implementation. Also the browser widget was improved to support mash-ups using SWT's Browser functions API. Real scrollbars

New and updated API

Again, we added lots of missing API to improve single sourcing.

  • Indigo (3.7) APIs
  • Key Bindings

Theming improvements

RAP now comes with a contemporary theming out-of-the-box, that has rounded borders, gradients, and drop shadows (a new feature in 1.4). By using the CSS3-Support of modern browsers we could further improve the performance and add support for the Android browser.

  • Support for mobile platforms

We ensured that RAP works also on the iPhone and on Android.


Tooling improvements

Client improvements

We optimized the JavaScript client to be more lightweight and compatible with other libraries such as JQuery.


Draft for RT Roundup

Highlights

  • Framework
    • Keybinding support. Workbench keybindings are enabled by default.
    • Eclipse UI Indigo API. This includes the Workbench 3.7, JFace 3.7, SWT 3.7.
    • IApplication support. Besides the IEntrypoint, applications can now be launched using IApplications.
    • Servlet 3.0 support. RAP can be used with the servlet API version 2.3 to 3.x.
    • Mobile Device support (iOS and android devices).
    • Optimized client library and improved JavaScript compression by using the Yahoo YUI compressor.
  • Widgets and Theming
    • New and enhanced Tree and Tooltip widget implementation.
    • Improved Browser Widget including BrowserFunctions support. This simplifies the creation of custom widgets.
    • Non-native scrollbars. The scrollbars can be fully themed now. This means that they can look all the same on different OS.
    • New modern default theme. The new theme replaces the old, now called classic theme which can be used as a separate bundle by now.
    • Shadows added. Many widgets can now get a drop shadow via CSS.
  • Tooling
    • Improved and enhanced RAP launcher. This includes URL preview, better validation and a customizable context path.
    • Launcher for RWT standalone applications added. This launcher makes it possible to launch RWT applications without OSGi and the Workbench.
    • Improved target installation. The target will not longer be shipped with the tooling. Instead it will be installed via p2.
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