Scout/NewAndNoteworthy/3.8

Eclipse Scout New and Noteworthy

Simple. Stable. Flexible

• Eclipse Scout is a mature and open framework for modern, service oriented business applications.
• It substantially boosts developer productivity and is simple to learn.
• User friendly applications are straight forward to implement with Scout’s comprehensive set of user interface components.
• Completely based on Java/Eclipse, Scout Applications are easy to integrate in most IT environments.

Scout 3.8 Overview (Juno)

Scout has started integration into Eclipse Juno builds. Besides many bugfixes some new features have been implemented.

Runtime

Scout Web UI support based on RAP

With version 3.8 Scout supports building web applications in addition to the previously supported Swing and SWT desktop technologies. Two scenarios are supported:

• Migrate existing Scout Desktop applications into the browser with minimal effort.
• Build new Scout applications that simultaneously run in the browser and as rich applications on the desktop.

This is possible because Eclipse Scout features a clean separation of the application model from the UI Layer (also see this wiki article).

Benefits for the developer: The Scout developer builds the application only once. Everything can be done using existing Scout/Java/Eclipse development know how (no new framework to learn, no HTML, CSS or JavaScript to learn).

Benefits to the end user: The end user of Scout applications experiences an identical look and feel for both the web and the desktop application.

Outlook: The Web UI support is only the next step of the Eclipse Scout "Multi Frontend" strategy. In addition to business application on the desktop and in the web, we are also planning to support mobile devices in the near future.

SVG Field as an additional UI Component

The new SVG field enhances Eclipse Scout with the ability to display interactive diagrams and graphics that work on both the desktop and the web environment.

Check out the corresponding The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/..

SDK

Support for Scout Web UI

The SDK comes with some handy tools to support you in dealing with the The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/. that comes with Scout 3.8.

Create a RAP Web UI plugin when creating a new Scout Project

When creating a new Scout Project you can now choose to also create a RAP web plugin (this feature is only available when using an Eclipse version 3.6 or higher). The SDK then also supports you by creating a RAP target definition. See the The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/. HowTo for more information about the different options.

Add a RAP Web UI plugin to existing Scout Projects

If you already have a Scout Project that will be migrated to Scout 3.8 and you want to use the new Web UI in your project, you can add a new Scout RAP Web bundle using the corresponding wizard:

Export web projects as WAR files

In previous Scout releases there was the possibility to export a Scout Server plugin using the "Export as WAR file" wizard. This wizard has been replaced by a more powerful version that is also capable to export the RAP Web UI bundle into a WAR file so that you can deploy it easily to an application server. Optionally you now also have the possibility to export the entire application into a single EAR. See the The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/. tutorial for more information.

JAX-WS Integration

A typical scenario for Eclipse Scout applications in the enterprise environment is to communicate with other applications through web services. With version 3.8 Scout is moving from the previously supported Apache Axis framework to the more modern and active JAX-WS technology.

See this post for a brief introduction to the scope of the JAX-WS integration.

This new feature is supported in the Scout SDK with the following capabilities:

• Support to create/maintain JAX-WS consumers.
• Support to create/maintain JAX-WS producers.

Check out the corresponding The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/. to learn more how to use the new features.

Reorganized Scout Properties View

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Feature Technology Checkboxes

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Manage external Libraries

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NLS (i18n) Changes

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Detailed Release Notes

The link below points to the Scout Juno release notes that also indicate when and where Scout applications based on Scout Indigo need to go through migration steps.

Scout 3.8 Release Notes

The motivation for this guide goes back to the following Scout forum post. As soon as the content on this wiki page starts to make sense a point from the post to this page should be added.

Scout 3.7 Overview (Indigo)

Eclipse Scout is a new Eclipse project officially released under the EPL for the first time with the Indigo release train.

New in Scout Core

• Column Filter

New column filter feature. Scout Tables now have a column filter feature that allows simple content based filtering. Right click on a column header cell and choose menu "Column Filter .."

• Memory Policy

Introduction of a memory policy for Scout clients. Based on the memory policy defined a scout client may uses different caching mechanisms for the construction and handling of outlines.

• Dynamic Log-Level Setting

Log-Levels can be defined/changed at runtime for Scout applications.

New in Scout SDK

• Scout Object Properties show Tool Tips

• Automatic Form Data Creation

• Context Menu "Export to WAR" on Server Node of Scout Explorer (see deploy tutorial)