Beginning Google Web Toolkit

Cover -- Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Introducing Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) -- A Short History -- Mainframe Applications -- Client/Server Applications -- Web Applications -- Rich Web Applications -- Introducing Ajax -- Asynchronous -- JavaScript -- XML -- From AJAX to Ajax -- Advantages and Disadvantages of RIAs -- RIA Benefits -- RIA Shortcomings -- When Should You Use Ajax? -- Different Approaches to Building RIAs -- Handwritten JavaScript -- Flex -- Java Applets and JavaFX -- Silverlight -- OpenLaszlo -- Echo2 -- GWT -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2 Introducing Google Web Toolkit (GWT) -- Why GWT? -- From JavaScript to Java -- Considerations for Using GWT -- The Basics -- Java to JavaScript Compiler -- JRE Emulation Library -- UI Library -- GWT Application Layout -- Module Descriptor -- Public Resources -- Introducing the Sample Application -- Handy Development Tools -- Web Developer Add-on -- Firebug -- LiveHTTPHeaders -- Cacheability Engine -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3 Getting Started -- Installing GWT -- Project Structure -- Utility Scripts -- Application Creator Script -- Project Creator Script -- Writing Code -- Cleaning Up Generated Code -- Start Coding -- Running Code -- Styling Code with CSS -- Debugging -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4 GWT UI Components -- GWT Component Model -- The RootPanel -- Basic Widgets -- The Label Widget -- The HTML Widget -- The Button Widget -- The ToggleButton Widget -- The Hyperlink Widget -- Form Widgets -- Panels -- Creating the Sample Application -- Designing the Main Look and Feel of GWTasks -- Showing the Categories and Task Lists -- Enhancing the User Experience with HorizontalSplitPanel -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5 Building an Advanced UI -- Using Tables -- Using Grid -- Using FlexTable -- Climbing Trees -- Using PopupPanel and DialogBox -- PopupPanel -- Using DialogBox -- Componentizing the Code Base -- Extending GWT Panels -- Using Composites -- Creating the TitledPanel Component -- LoginPane and MainPane-The Missing Components -- GWT Application Architecture -- Layers and Packages -- Application Events -- Managing the Data -- Some Last Words on Styles -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6 Server Integration -- GWT RPC -- Defining the Interface -- Implementing the Server Side -- Implementing the Client Side -- Alternatives to GWT RPC -- Basic Ajax -- JSON -- Summary -- CHAPTER 7 Testing GWT Applications -- What Is Testing? -- Unit Testing -- Basic Unit Testing -- GWT JUnit Integration -- Comparing Basic and GWT Unit Testing -- Functional Testing -- Introducing Selenium -- Benchmarking -- What Is Benchmarking? -- Writing a Benchmark -- Summary -- CHAPTER 8 Advanced Topics -- Internationalization (i18n) -- A Few Words on Java Resource Bundles -- The Constants Interface -- The ConstantsWithLookups Interface -- The Messages Interface -- Formats -- Image Bundles -- Using Image Bundles Within GWTasks.