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RapidClipse is a free Eclipse distribution for Rapid Cross Platform Development with Java. RapidClipse is Eclipse—however, it is pre-configured and enhanced with additional tools, and it has been optimized in several places in order to simplify professional application development using Java and Eclipse.
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- Visuell und Visual and rapid - For RapidClipse, the terms of visual and rapid shall convey the idea that using RapidClipse for application development is easier and more comfortable than using Eclipse. However, this doesn’t mean that the options in RapidClipse or the size of the projects you can develop with it are limited. RapidClipse is a pre-configured Eclipse version that features additional plug-ins and frameworks, and as such, offers you all the features and options of the traditional Eclipse version. The tools and APIs contained in RapidClipse are meant to simplify your work but you don’t necessarily need to use them. You can replace them with other Java APIs or your own implementations at any time. So switching from RapidClipse to Eclipse doesn’t implicate a real change, but rather, simply means you are forgoing using the tools that RapidClipse offers.
- Unexpected complexity - RapidClipse makes getting started with Eclipse and developing applications in Java a lot easier—yet you should never forget: RapidClipse is Eclipse. Thanks to the large number of Eclipse plugins, tools and APIs used in RapidClipse as well as to the powerful Eclipse IDE itself, you have numerous configuration options to choose from. In practice, this can also cause some problems. Generally, these are not due to RapidClipse errors, but to incorrect configuration, which, once you have some experience in Eclipse, are easy to fix. Should such problems occur, you can ask for help in our free community forum or contact the RapidClipse support team. In our training courses, you’ll become familiar with Eclipse very quickly so that you can recognize the most common configuration issues immediately and fix them on your own.
- Upgrading from RapidClipse to Eclipse - You don’t have to worry whether it will be possible to upgrade to Eclipse later on. RapidClipse is Eclipse. Once you’ve decided not to use the RapidClipse tools any more, there won’t be any differences. Code that is generated by RapidClipse, behaves just like hand-written code, so you can continue using it even without the RapidClipse tools. Only the dependencies on the RapidClipse open source framework will remain, just as in any other Java Framework.
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