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IBM Rational EGL Rich Web Support
A set of Eclipse plug-ins that allow you to develop Web 2.0 applications in EGL without JavaScript skills.
Date Posted: March 25, 2008
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EGL is a business language that lets developers focus on business issues rather than low-level technical detail. The language has a consistent way of interacting with user interface technologies such as JSF (JavaServer™ Faces), data storage systems such as relational databases, and middleware systems such as CICS and JEE. The language is at the heart of Rational® Business Developer, an integrated development environment. | | |
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Included with the package is the Preview, which is an Eclipse view that runs a browser widget. Your application runs in that view as if the application were being served from an HTTP server. You can debug the application in the Preview or you can use a browser on your desktop. | | |
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Yes. In order to edit a rich Web application, select the Enable Visual Edit Mode button in the Preview. After you enable the visual editing mode, you can insert new widgets into the application and can relocate existing widgets using a drag-and-drop action. | | |
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IBM Rational EGL Rich Web Support applications can access data-access services, RSS feeds, and other sources contacted through an HTTP request. The service may exchange data in accordance with the conventions of REST (when the format is XML, JSON, or text) or may exchange SOAP messages. See the Welcome View, and select the Examples/Services tab for quick launch links. | | |
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Yes. Widgets can be written entirely in EGL; see the TabFolder widget for an example. Most widgets have been written in JavaScript and made available using EGL External Types. See the User Manual in the Welcome View for more information on writing your own widgets. | | |
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Yes. You can access any JavaScript widget library from a rich Web application. We have included examples for Dojo, Silverlight, 2D graphics, and more. | | |
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The generated JavaScript files are placed in the JavaScript folder of the rich Web projects. You can view these files by switching to the Resource Perspective in Eclipse. | | |
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See the Welcome View and select the Documentation tab for a PDF document containing the User Manual. | | |
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The internal name for this project has always been EGL Rich UI, hence some references to that name that still exist in this package. The official name for the project is IBM Rational EGL Rich Web Support, and we will update all instances of "Rich UI" to the new name in the future.
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