Eclipse RAP Reviews & Product Details

I used to develop desktop applications based on Eclipse RCP. The development became much simpler after we switched to e4 . The Eclipse RAP has this possibility too.

You can write your application entirely in Java.

If you are familiar with SWT/JFace/OSGi ecosystem from RCP that is the same for RAP with some additions.

The visual editor for UI is free, and here are free add-ons too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is not too much and detailed documentation about e4, and some are outdated too.

You have dig the Internet for information on e4.

Uneasy to build the final product. (war) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's open source software which allows lot of opportunity to build software and tweak it in very efficient and timely manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

maintenance or any customization can be troublesome or time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to install any plugins and integration with gradle to manage all the repositories at one spot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the platform loads little slowly compared to other IDEs. (May be because of the many addons) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eclipse Remote Application platform integrates well with proven technologies such as OSGi and JEE that's the best thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eclipse uses a custom windowing toolkit called SWT; on each platform it relies on the native graphical layer. On Linux, it relies on Gtk+ (although it's also possible to use Motif), which in my experience (and other's) has performance problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

flexibility of moving tabs and from page to page Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

how some tasks or notifications have an unintuitive process of response Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a cross-platform tool and the widget toolkit makes accessing complex data model relatively simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was nothing I disliked about Eclipse RAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I strongly think that this tool help you to develop your software. It is so easy to program with it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maybe the autosave function should be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the auto code completion it has and documentation is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How I need to use packages and drag and drop things fron finder into ide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to set up and use, visually appealing. Project management was easy. Easy to view and keep track of al your code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Had some trouble getting the hang of this environment, but once you catch on it works very cleanly with little issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This application provide all features of eclipse and toolkit widgets which include features like drag and drop. It support multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SeeI have not exeperienced any negative point with this, but heard that it is hang some time and does not respond on slow systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.