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Version

• v1.5 RC1 has been released
• v1.5 documentation

Build Environments

• GWT-Maven

Libraries

• gwt-dnd Library providing easy to use drag-and-drop capabilities to GWT.
• MyGWT/Ext GWT
• gwt-ext
• gwt-sl
• gwittir
• hibernate4gwt
• GWT-EXT 2.0 Showcase
• google-web-toolkit-incubator
• gwtx : An extended GWT JRE Emulation Library that picks up where GWT's basic set left off
• The Rocket GWT library/framework consists of a number of components that can assist developers get more out of GWT. e.g. Comet support, ...

Tooling

• gwt-toolingGoogle Webtoolkit (GWT) Tooling for Eclipse
  • Eclipse update URL : http://eclipseguru.org/
• Cypal Studio for GWT is a set of Eclipse plugins for the Google Web Toolkit. Its free and Open Source. Its distributed under Apache License.

Benefits of using GWT

• I18N support
• Strongly typed language benefits: No JavaScript syntax errors
• Tooling support: eclipse, etc.
• Debugging support
• Unit Testable
• Compiled to specific targets: no browser specific code
• Cross browser support
• Users are familiar seeing/using GWT widgets: Google application suite and many other Web 2.0 apps
• Able to use 3rd party libraries via JSNI (JavaScript Native Interface)
• Rapid development using GWT tools such GWTShell etc.
• 3rd party tools for producing WYSIWYG UI
• MVC implementation that is very similar to programming in AWT/SWING
  • "When working with GWT as a developer, it's best to think of it as an analogue to the Java Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT). It's the basis for your application framework, not the framework itself."
• GWT4Gadgets: Support for iGoogle Gadgets / OpenSocial Apps / Google Mapplets
• Offline applications using Google-Gears
• Full access to the GData APIs
• Supports GWT-RPC, REST, WS, etc. communication to back-end, and or Data-APIs
  • Can send complex Java types to and from the server. Data gets serialized across network
• Accessibility support: ARIA support on FireFox 3+, or FireFox2 with FireVox
• Works with Java-Applets and or Flash