为什么Eclipse RCP会rule the world

为什么Eclipse RCP会rule the world

Eclipse Foundation的首席执行官，Mike Milinkovich, 在他的 blog （中国国内无法看到他的blog）中简单的说了一句："I could not have said it better myself. RCP rules! " Mike给出的是一个Eclipse RCP用户写的blog，写出了他所认为的“为什么Eclipse RCP会rule the world?” （原文如下）

1. Web is not for everything :
   • All web based enterprise applications are failed in terms of usability
   • Web has limited flexibility in terms of adding innovative ideas; everything is limited within the JavaScript boundary
   • Even JSF+AJAX /ASP.Net+AJAX can't become a desktop alternative, unless all the browsers replace JavaScript with Java
2. .Net Smart Client Replacement
   • It has all the features of .Net Smart Client Architecture, including Update Manager and Avalon like XML based UI scripting
   • OSGi Framework based pluggable architecture
   • Unlike .Net Smart Client, it support all the available platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, etc
   • Also uses the SWT, a SWING alternative, which uses the native UI sub systems.
3. Tools and Support
   • Comes with brilliant Eclipse IDE and Plug-in Development Tools to support the RCP application development. It took us only few mints to get the Hello World done.
4. Its Java
   • world is full of java programmers, finding resources is not an issue.
5. Above all, its Free.
   • The entire Eclipse Platform, IDE, and Platform Development Tools are available as Open Source.

简单的翻译了一下：

1. Web 不是一切:
   • 几乎所有基于Web的企业应用最终因为易用性的问题而失败
   • 因为不容易加入创新的想法，Web有它的局限性；所有一切都局限于JavaScript的框框里面了
   • 甚至是JSF+AJAX /ASP.Net+AJAX 也无法成为桌面应用的替代方案，除非所有浏览器用Java来替换JavaScript
2. .Net Smart Client 的替换方案
   • 它拥有.Net Smart Client架构的所有功能, 包括更新管理，类似Avalon的基于XML的UI脚本设计
   • 基于OSGi Framework 的插拔士架构
   • 不像.Net Smart Client, 它支持多种平台，如Windows，Mac，Linux，Solaris等等
   • 使用SWT, 一种SWING的替代方案, 但是使用原生的UI
3. 工具和支持
   • 来自于Eclipse IDE并且有Plug-in Development Tools来支持RCP的开发. 我们只用了几分钟就建立了一个简单的Hello World
4. Java的
   • 有很多的Java工程师, 寻找资源也不是一件难事
5. 最后一点：免费的.
   • 整个Eclipse平台，IDE，PDE工具，都是开发源码的。

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