Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

Info

• GWT Project Site

Build Environments

• GWT-Maven

Libraries

• Top 5 GWT Libraries
  • 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
• 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.

Build GWT From Source : 2008-05-17

• Checkout source code
  • svn checkout http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/tools/ ~/src/gwt-tools
  • svn checkout http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ~/src/gwt-trunk
• Setting environment variable
  • setenv GWT_TOOLS ${HOME}/src/gwt-tools
  • setevn GWT_EXTERNAL_BROWSER /usr/bin/firefox
• Build gwt-trunk
  • cd ~/src/gwt-trunk
  • ant
• The GWT build creates each binary distribution in the build/dist subdirectory of the source root directory
  • ls ~/src/gwt-trunk/build/dist
    • gwt-linux-0.0.0.tar.bz2, gwt-mac-0.0.0.tar.gz, gwt-windows-0.0.0.zip
• Unpack the binary that matches your operation system
  • tar xvzf gwt-mac-0.0.0.tar.gz
  • mv gwt-mac-0.0.0 ~/local
  • cd ~local; ln -s gwt-mac-0.0.0 gwt
• Add GWT binary root folder to execution path
  • setenv PATH ${PATH}:${HOME}/local/gwt

Creating Hello World GWT Application with Eclipse support : 2008-05-17

• Create project folder and generate eclipse project file
  • mkdir ~/src/MyProject
  • cd ~/src/MyProject
  • projectCreator -eclipse MyProject
• Create default application
  • cd ~/src/MyProject
  • applicationCreator -eclipse MyProject edu.ucdavis.gwt.client.MyApplication

Run Hello World GWT Application : 2008-05-17

• Run OOTB created sample application
  • cd ~/src/MyProject
  • ./MyApplication-shell

NOTES:

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