RAP severside vs Google Web Toolkit clientside

Posted by solrac on Oct 26, 2007 4:28 AM EDT
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Is serverside Java, SWT, JFace, and the Eclipse Workbench enabled Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) better than the slower clientside enabled Google Web Toolki?

The big differences between the Google Web Toolkit and the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP) are that GWT is running on the client vs. RAP, which is mainly running on the server. RAP allows developers to build browser-based Ajax applications using full Java libraries and Eclipse APIs. It does so by providing a Web-enabled implementation of SWT, JFace, and the Eclipse Workbench. Does this make it better than the GWT? look at this article, which shows you some demos, and concludes with some simple-to-understand RAP examples, then decide for yourself.

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