“Last month, I started collecting screen shots of applications that have been built on Eclipse RCP. It is great to see the diversity of open source and commercial applications. When we launch 3.1 we are planning to put a major emphasis on the success of Eclipse RCP. Showing that people are building real rich client applications is an important part of this message. I know there are many more…..”
目前,你可以在Eclipse.org網(wǎng)站上下載到一個PDF文件:RCPApplication.pdf(5月31日發(fā)表的),收錄了大量Open Source和Commercial的RCP應(yīng)用程序。其中,包括了我之前曾經(jīng)提到過的RSSOwl (一個基于SWT的RSS Reader),IBM Workplace (Lotus的新一代客戶端),Eclipse Trader (一個基于RCP的實(shí)時股票分析軟件),jLibrary (一個基于RCP的Desktop Content Management),以及NASA (美國航天航空局)用于控制火星探路者和分析結(jié)果的NASA JPL。
日前,Martin Perez (jLibrary的作者)在自己的blog中給出了一些針對SWT做的custom widgets。而SWTPlus.com也發(fā)表了兩款widgets,可以下載使用。
隨著Eclipse 3.1的即將發(fā)布,以及3.1中對RCP更強(qiáng)大和簡單化的支持,基于RCP的應(yīng)用將會越來越多。IBM alphaWorks日前也發(fā)表了一個SWT Data Binding,即將SWT應(yīng)用和后臺的數(shù)據(jù)(EJB或者其他數(shù)據(jù)源)進(jìn)行邦定(“It provides users with the ability to connect the visual SWT elements of the Java application so that they can access data from various data sources”),從而簡化使用SWT進(jìn)行基于數(shù)據(jù)庫的開發(fā)。使用Eclipse Visual Editor 和這個新的數(shù)據(jù)邦定技術(shù),可以預(yù)見到,SWT的開發(fā)將更加簡單(也許就像Visual Baisc或者Delphi那樣“所見即所得”了)。