Eclipse in Telemedicine and Health CareA Success Story with RCP and RAP A Success Story with RCP and RAP

Paul PetershagenHead of Software Development

Process of Vitaphone‘s care management

UI UI GatewayGateway

UI UI WebportalWebportal

UI UI DesktopDesktop

WebportalWebportal

UI UI DesktopDesktop

DesktopDesktop

PatientPatientDoctorDoctor

AgentAgent

PatientPatient

UI UI

AgentAgent

more than 6 UI UI WebportalWebportal

UI UI

more than 6

different views !

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UI UI WebportalWebportal

PROs and CONs Eclipse RCP/RAP

UI UI WebportalWebportal

UI UI DesktopDesktop

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PROs RCP / RAP:• RCP UI faster and more natural UI than Swing

• RAP UI is fast AJAX application with enormous complexity

LifeData

JEE Backend1 2 3 4 5 6

• RAP UI is fast AJAX application with enormous complexity

• one UI Team for development of two types of UIs• development / interfaces 99% equal

JEE Backend1 2 3 4 5 6

CONs RAP:• not made for huge customer portals full of marketing stuff

• complex web layouts -> can be difficult

After a successful proof-of-concept project

DECISION -> Pro RCP / RAP Client Architecture

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DECISION -> Pro RCP / RAP Client Architecture

Setting up your IDE

Tycho

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Single Sourcing with RCP/RAP

� Thoughts about the class hierarchie…

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Comparing UIs - RCP vs RAP

RAP Portal Examples

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Live Demo

� LifeData Client� LifeData Client

� LifeData local demo Portal 1:

https://localdemo.vitaphone.de/aipmoove/aip.moove

� LifeData local demo Portal 2: � LifeData local demo Portal 2: https://localdemo.vitaphone.de/tipmoove/tip.moove

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Desktop / Web Views of one project

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Lessons learned

� One dev team, one plattform, one client source� but a lot of views (content and technology)

� One client for desktop and web means� Same features� Same features

� Same bugs

� No HTML / JavaScript coding

� Same release schedule� Same release schedule

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Lessons learned 2

� A new RAP client portal� Theming

� Custom component

� New business content

� Project planning is easier� Project planning is easier

� Focus on the business requirements� Do not need to focus on the technological problems� Do not need to focus on the technological problems

� Flexibility for you and the project owner

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Message

Go and use it…

…build your own RCP / RAP application…build your own RCP / RAP application

IT‘S GREAT !

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The end…

Special thanks toMoritz Hanke,

Arnaud Denagbe,Software Development of

Ask me for a RCP/RAP job at Vitaphone !