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GWT in Practice
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If you're a web developer, you already know that you can use Ajax to
add rich, user-friendly, dynamic features to your applications. With the Google
Web Toolkit (GWT), a new Ajax tool from Google that automatically converts Java
to JavaScript, you can build Ajax applications using the Java language. GWT
lets you focus on application design and functionality, rather than on browser
differences, and allows you to re-use code throughout the layers of your applications.
GWT in Practice is an example-driven, code-rich book designed for web
developers who have already learned the basics of GWT. After a quick review
of GWT fundamentals, GWT in Practice presents scores of handy, reusable
solutions to the problems you face when you need to move beyond “Hello
World” and “proof of concept” applications. This book skips
the theory and looks at the way things really work when you're building
projects in GWT.
You'll learn
- How to create and customize widgets
- The ins and outs of RPC
- Packaging and building with Maven and Ant
- Using the Java Persistence API with GWT
- Effective internationalization
GWT in Practice shows you where GWT fits into the Enterprise Java developer's
toolset. Written by expert authors Robert Cooper and Charlie Collins, this book
combines sharp insight with hard-won experience. Readers will find thorough
coverage of all aspects of GWT development from the basic GWT concepts and essentials
to in-depth and complete real world example applications. If you know the basics
and are ready to get your hands dirty, then you need this book.
What's Inside
The first part of the book is a rapid introduction to the GWT methodology.
All of the basics of GWT development are covered in this portion, including
a client side standalone application and basic server side communications using
the GWT Remote Procedure Call (RPC) and object serialization mechanism.
The second part of the book then delves into several practical examples which
further demonstrate core aspects of the toolkit. These include:
- Using the GWT APIs
- GWT methods for communicating with servers
- Event-driven programming approach used with the toolkit
- Support for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
- Native JavaScript integration with the JSNI
- Packaging and deployment of GWT applications
- Testing with JUnit.
The book concludes by presenting several larger GWT applications including
drag and drop support for UI elements, data binding, processing streaming data,
handling application state, automated builds, and continuous integration.
Along the way GWT in Practice covers many additional facets of working
with the toolkit. Various development tools are used throughout the book, including
Eclipse, NetBeans, IDEA, Ant, Maven, and, of course, the old fashioned command
line. The book also addresses integrating GWT with existing applications and
services along with enterprise and team development.
About the Authors
Robert Cooper is a JEE developer with 15 years of web development experience.
He is a contributor to several open source projects, including the ROME RSS/Atom
API plugins for Podcasting and MediaRSS as well as the author of the FeedPod
text-to-speech podcasting system and the gwt-maven plugins for supporting Maven
based builds for Google Web Toolkit.
Charlie Collins is a JEE developer with 10 years of experience. He has
been involved with enterprise development, architecture, and general programming
using several languages and technologies, with a focus on Java. He has been
an ardent open source supporter for many years and has contributed documentation
and patches for various open source projects. Charlie is currently a contributor
to the FeedPod text-to-speech podcasting system and the GWT-related Maven plugins
based on the gwt-maven project.
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