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Google Web Toolkit description
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A software program that allows you to build AJAX apps in the Java language
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based programs.
Its goal is to enable productive development of high-performance web applications without the developer having to be an expert in browser quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript.
GWT is used by many products at Google, including Google Wave and the new version of AdWords. It's open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world. Here are some key features of "Google Web Toolkit":
Write:
· The GWT SDK provides a set of core Java APIs and Widgets. These allow you to write AJAX applications in Java and then compile the source to highly optimized JavaScript that runs across all browsers, including mobile browsers for Android and the iPhone
· Constructing AJAX applications in this manner is more productive thanks to a higher level of abstraction on top of common concepts like DOM manipulation and XHR communication
· You aren't limited to pre-canned widgets either. Anything you can do with the browser's DOM and JavaScript can be done in GWT, including interacting with hand-written JavaScript
Debug:
· You can debug AJAX applications in your favorite IDE just like you would a desktop application, and in your favorite browser just like you would if you were coding JavaScript. The GWT developer plugin spans the gap between Java bytecode in the debugger and the browser's JavaScript
· Thanks to the GWT developer plugin, there's no compiling of code to JavaScript to view it in the browser. You can use the same edit-refresh-view cycle you're used to with JavaScript, while at the same time inspect variables, set breakpoints, and utilize all the other debugger tools available to you with Java. And because GWT's development mode is now in the browser itself, you can use tools like Firebug and Inspector as you code in Java
Optimize:
· Google Web Toolkit contains two powerful tools for creating optimized web applications. The GWT compiler performs comprehensive optimizations across your codebase — in-lining methods, removing dead code, optimizing strings, and more. By setting split-points in the code, it can also segment your download into multiple JavaScript fragments, splitting up large applications for faster startup time
· Performance bottlenecks aren't limited to JavaScript. Browser layout and CSS often behave in strange ways that are hard to diagnose. Speed Tracer is a new Chrome Extension in Google Web Toolkit that enables you to diagnose performance problems in the browser
Run:
· When you're ready to deploy, GWT compiles your Java source code into optimized, stand-alone JavaScript files that automatically run on all major browsers, as well as mobile browsers for Android and the iPhone
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
General Enhancements:
· App Engine tools for Android: Build installable Android apps that rely on App Engine for server-side support
· Incremental RPC Tooling: Add server-side methods to App Engine code and GPE will generate the necessary serialization and Android code on the fly
· Apps Marketplace Support: Deploy apps to the Google Apps Marketplace as easily as to App Engine
· UI Designer: Faster startup and editing times, split-mode editing support for UiBinder, simplified CSS property editing, UiBinder morphing, IsWidget support, and more
· Persistent Unit Cache: GWT Compiler and Development mode now cache compilation artifacts between runs. This results in faster startup time for iterative development
· Scrolling DataGrid (#188): The new DataGrid widget supports vertical scrolling with a fixed header (above) and footer (below)
· Design Time Support (#226): The Beans.isDesignTime() method was added to the GWT emulation library in order to better isolate runtime-only code when a UI is edited in ...
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