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Re: [rap-dev] Proposal: "Remote Application Platform"
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+1, sounds reasonable :-)
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: rap-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rap-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] Im
Auftrag von Ralf Sternberg
Gesendet: Montag, 24. September 2012 20:13
An: RAP project development-related communication
Betreff: [rap-dev] Proposal: "Remote Application Platform"
Hi everyone,
When the RAP project started 6 years ago, its main objective was to provide
a framework to make RCP applications available on the web. The resemblance
of the name "Rich Ajax Platform" to "Rich Client Platform", was welcome back
then as RAP was meant to complement RCP.
But over time, our focus has moved to more lightweight applications and
alternative clients like tablets and phones. Today this name does not
describe our project very well anymore. The term "rich" does not reveal much
information in itself and "Ajax" does not fit well for the native clients,
even though they still use HTTP. Ajax is more a buzzword than a concise term
anyway and as a buzzword, I think Ajax has lost its appeal.
I recently found myself explaining RAP more often as a platform for "remote
applications" and I think this describes the idea very well.
It's essentially a platform for applications that run on a remote server.
With the new protocol and the alternative clients, this aspect seems to
become the central part of RAP.
Therefore I'd like to propose to relabel RAP to "Remote Application
Platform". This name would let us keep our short name, our namespace, our
website, etc. It wouldn't be a very noticable change, but we'd get rid of
the misleading name and highlight our technical approach better. The 2.0
release in February 2013 may be a good occasion for this renaming.
What do you think?
Ralf
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