SWT/JFace or Eclipse RCP?

Question

Which are the reasons to choose the Eclipse Rich Client Platform as the base of my application, instead of just using SWT/JFace?

Answer 1

Just my 2 pennies worth, but vanilla SWT/JFace can be less of a learning curve. I like the fact they're just simple GUIs, you don't need to learn the "platform" (as in the RCP way), just get to grips with the SWT components and build you're GUI! Overall, I see it as simpler (but then I don't really know much about RCP!).