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Cutting-Edge GWT: Advanced Recipes for Java Developers Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open source Java development framework that lets Java developers implement Ajax-enabled web applications. Instead of the hodgepodge of technologies that developers typically use for Ajax--JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and XMLHttpRequest--GWT lets developers implement rich client applications using pure Java, using familiar idioms from the AWT, Swing, and SWT. And GWT goes way beyond most Ajax frameworks by easily facilitating the implementation of desktop-like applications that run in the ubiquitous browser, where the richness of the user interface is limited only by the developer's imagination. This book is not an introduction to GWT, that ground is covered, ad infinitum, in countless articles and blogs on the Web, and in other GWT books. Instead, this book focuses on the more advanced aspects of GWT that you will need to implement real world applications with rich user interfaces that previously required heavy lifting of JavaScript and other Ajax-related technologies. Each solution in this practical, hands-on book is more than a recipe. The sample programs are carefully explained in detail to help you quickly master advanced GWT techniques such as implementing drag and drop, integrating JavaScript libraries, using deferred commands, and advanced event handling methodologies. Solutions in this book are in response to the most common yet complex obstacles developers run into with GWT. Solutions covered include Building custom GWT widgets, including both high-level composites and low-level components Implementing a viewport class that includes iPhone-style automated scrolling Integrating web services with GWT applications Incorporating the Script.aculo.us JavaScript framework into GWT applications Combining Hibernate and GWT to implement database-backed web applications Extending the GWT PopupPanel class to implement a draggable and resizable window Creating a drag and drop module, complete with drag sources and drop targets Deploying your GWT applications to an external server Mastering the GWT's flex table Using GWT widgets in legacy applications developed with other frameworks, such as Struts and JavaServer Faces www.prenhallprofessional.com Foreword Preface Solution 1: GWT Fundamentals and Beyond Solution 2: JavaScript Integration Solution 3: Custom Widget Implementation Solution 4: Viewports and Maps Solution 5: Access to Online Web Services Solution 6: Drag and Drop Solution 7: Simple Windows Solution 8: Flex Tables Solution 9: File Uploads Solution 10: Hibernate Integration Solution 11: Deployment to an External Server Solution 12: GWT and Legacy Code

David Geary is the author of eight books on Java technology, including the bestselling Graphic Java 2 Series, Advanced JavaServer Pages, and Core JavaServer Faces (all from Prentice-Hall). David was a member of Sun’s Expert Groups for the JavaServer Pages Standard Template Library (JSTL), and JavaServer Faces (JSF) 1.0. He also was the second Apache Struts committer and the inventor of the Struts Template Library, the precursor to the popular Tiles open-source framework for composing web pages from JSP fragments. David wrote questions for Sun’s Web Developer Certification Exam and is the president of Clarity Training Inc., a training and consulting company focusing on server-side Java technology.

 

Rob Gordon is an independent consultant specializing in the design and implementation of enterprise systems. He is a former Sun developer and author of Essential JNI and coauthor of Essential JMF.