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Bug 345112

Summary: [Documentation] Explain how to create a simple RWT application
Product: [RT] RAP Reporter: Rüdiger Herrmann <ruediger.herrmann>
Component: ToolsAssignee: Project Inbox <rap-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: rsternberg
Version: 1.4   
Target Milestone: 2.0 M1   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Rüdiger Herrmann CLA 2011-05-09 06:06:23 EDT 
Give a brief introduction into RWT and explain its role in RAP (i.e. SWT/Web). The article should then guide the user through the steps required to create and launch a simple RWT application:
1. set up a Java project
2. add dependencies
  a) by aid of a PDE Target Platform
  b) with JDT only: download RAP Runtime, extract necessary libraries from there and add them to the Java Build Path
3. create a class that implements IEntryPoint and whose createUI() method constructs a basic UI.
4. explain how to create a launch configuration

Optional: provide a reference to the two (future) life cycle implementations that are available
Comment 1 Ralf Sternberg CLA 2011-06-08 12:01:28 EDT 
Most of the suggestions are now covered by the Hello World chapter in the Eclipse Help. This tutorial uses a Plug-in Project. There is no advice for non-PDE folks yet.
Comment 2 Ralf Sternberg CLA 2012-06-28 10:06:52 EDT 
Mentioned plain Java projects in the hello world article. There could be more guidance on dependency management, but we can't do that right now. Contributions are welcome.