Getting Started

To get started, you should have an Eclipse IDE with RAP tooling installed. It's easiest to get the Eclipse package for RCP and RAP developers. See the downloads page for details.

This screencast shows how to get started with developing RAP applications. It covers RAP target installation, creating a new RAP application and launching it in a web browser.

Let the RAP Tooling install the target platform

When Eclipse starts on a fresh workspace, a welcome page is displayed. Select the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) section and choose Install Target Platform on the following page. In the upcoming dialog confirm the default values, which starts the target installation process.

After the installation finished you are prepared to work with RAP. For your first steps you may read the RAP Examples topic and/or the other chapters of the getting started section.

Install the RAP Tooling

To install the RAP Tooling into your Eclipse IDE (3.5 or later), follow these steps:

With Eclipse up and running, select the Help > Install New Software ... menu entry.
Enter enter the RAP Update Site URL http://download.eclipse.org/rt/rap/1.3/tooling into the Work with field and press Enter.
After a short while, an entry labelled Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) appears in the list below. Select its check box and click Next.
On the the next page you may review the installation details.
Accept the terms in the license agreement and click the Finish button.
The feature and plug-ins will now be downloaded from the repository and installed locally.
Confirm the following prompt to restart Eclipse.