If you're a web developer, you 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 in Practice is an example-driven, code-rich book designed for web
developers already familiar with the basics of GWT who now want hands-on
experience. 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. I also 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 to in depth real world
example applications.
The first part of the book is a rapid introduction to the GWT
methodology The second part of the book then delves into several
practical examples which further demonstrate core aspects of the toolkit
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.
