What is RCP?

A rich client platform is a programmer tool that makes it easier to integrate independent software components, where most of the data processing occurs on the client side. It is a software consisting of the following components:

• A core , lifecycle manager
• A standard bundling framework
• A portable widget toolkit
• File buffers, text handling, text editors
• A workbench (views, editors, perspectives, wizards)
• Data binding

• Update manager

Netbeans Platform

Netbeans Platform

Netbeans Platform is a generic framework for swing apps. Building a desktop app on top of the Netbeans Platform saves years of development time.

Features:

• Modular System (also OSGi Support with Felix)

• Rich API Support

• Netbeans IDE features like connecting actions to menu items, toolbar items, keyboard shortcuts, window management (dockable, drag and drop, maximize, minimize.. )

• Lifecycle management ( noneed main method, storing user settings easily)

• Swing & JavaFX UI Support (CSS integration)

• Matisse GUI Builder

OSGi & Netbeans

• NetBeans Module System and OSGi are kind of similar. They provide a way to write modular applications.

• You can install, uninstall, start, and stop different modules of your application dynamically without restarting the container.
• Your application can have more than one version of a particular module running at the same time.
• OSGi container implementations such as Knopflerfish, Equinox, and Apache Felix allow you to break your application into multiple modules and thus more easily manage cross-dependencies between them.

Netbeans vs. Eclipse

Module Types

Action

Window

Wizard

Code Generator

Project Template

Options Panel

Examples

• Defence
• Aerospace
• Transportation & Logistics
• Oil & Gas Services
• Geospatial & Agriculture
• Bio & Chemoinformatics
• Healthcare
• Financial
• Network Management
• Graphic Design & Image Manipulation
• Music, Games & Entertainment
• Software Development

https://netbeans.org/features/platform/showcase.html

References

• https://netbeans.org/kb/trails/platform.html

• https://netbeans.org/features/platform/

• http://wiki.netbeans.org

• http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGi

• http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Maven

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