We created the Version 10.3.0 to add a lot of small hotfixes but also to prepare the IDE for upcoming upgrades to include Vaadin versions greater than 14 and more importantly to switch from Bower Mode to PNPM Mode in the future.
Main changes:
RapidClipse now requires Java 11 to run:
The newer versions of Eclipse now require Java 11 to run. If you do not want to switch your JAVA_HOME to Java 11, you can specify the path inside rapidclipse.ini. This file can be found in the installation folder (e.g. C:\Program Files\XDEV Software\RapidClipse X\rapidclipse.ini). In there you will need to add the -vm argument (needs to be before the -vmargs argument) and in the next line the path to the bin folder inside the Java 11 folder. Here is an example:
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-- start of rapidclipse.ini --
-vm
C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.7.10-hotspot\bin
...
-- end of file -- |
Separation of DesignView and CodeEditor:
Because of technical issues and usability improvements we removed the possibility to switch between the UI and Code View from the same editor window. Now a View named “CustomerOverview“ consists of two files or classes in the Project Management. A .java and ui.xml file. Both of them can be opened separately. This gives the advantage not having to open the UI and start the heavy preview server in the background if we only want to change a small java line of code. Does that mean I have to open both file always manually? No! If one file is opened, no matter if the .java file or the ui.xml we can open the other part by using the “CTRL + SHIFT + E“ shortcut. There is also a button in the ToolBar to open the counterpart.
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