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High Performance Ajax with GWT

Community
Java
Topics
Javascript,
Web Frameworks

In a new article Ryan Dewsbury takes a look at how GWT assists developers in terms of Ajax performance by providing image bundling, caching, and application compression. It also includes an excerpt from Dewsbury's book, Google Web Toolkit Applications.

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New Thin Server Architecture and SOFEA Working Group Web Site Launched

Community
Architecture
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Frameworks,
Design

Peter Svensson, Ganesh Prasad, and Mario Valente have teamed up to create the Thin Server Architecture Working Group and launched a web site. The site included several resources about Thin Server Architecture and Service Oriented Front End Applications (SOFEA) as well as insight into the philosophy behind the technology.

Stephan Janssen On Parleys.com And The RIA Landscape

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Silverlight,
Rich Client / Desktop

InfoQ.com sat down with Stephan Janssen to learn about Parleys.com and ask his perspective on the emerging RIA platforms. Stephan is the founder of the JavaPolis conference held annually in Belgium. JavaPolis is currently the second largest Java conference, behind only JavaOne.

GWT-Ext 2.0 Released: An Interview with Sanjiv Jivan

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps

GWT-Ext 2.0 was released on February 6th, integrating with GWT 1.4 and ExtJS 2.0. Changes in the 2.0 release include performance improvements, a unified component model, new layout management APIs, and several new widgets.

Who needs GWT On Rails?

Community
Ruby
Topics
Ruby on Rails

Rails and GWT are both hiding Javascript manipulation from the Ajax development cycle. GWT chose to solve that by using a compiler which will convert Java into browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML. By using GWT On Rails plugin and its Client generator, you'll be able to make GWT Client communicate with Rails.

Raible Revisits Comparing Web Frameworks

Community
Java
Topics
Web Frameworks

This past week Matt Raible gave a presentation at ApacheCon comparing Java Web Frameworks. This is a follow up to a presentation he gave a few years ago. It is interesting to note the changes in the frameworks being evaluated.

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Interview: Didier Girard, are GWT and Volta GCC for the Web?

Community
Architecture,
.NET,
Java
Topics
Javascript,
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps

Microsoft released a preview of Volta last month. Many people have commented on this new technology and the concept of Architecture Factoring. Some have compared Volta with GWT. InfoQ interviewed Didier Girard, CTO of SFEIR, who has lead the development of several GWT projects and reviewed Volta recently.

Interviews about GWT

Bruce Johnson discusses Google Web Toolkit

Community
Java
Topics
Javascript,
Compilers,
Code Analysis,
Web Frameworks,
Open Source

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) tech lead Bruce Johnson discusses the design of GWT, how GWT converts Java into JavaScript, community involvement with GWT, new features in GWT 1.4, and the philosophy behind GWT.

Presentations about GWT

Using Google Web Toolkit

Community
Java
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
Web Frameworks

The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java-centric framework for creating AJAX applications. GWT cross-compiles Java source into JavaScript, allowing Java developers to use their existing Java skills and tools to create AJAX apps. GWT lead Bruce Johnson intros GWT including high-performance AJAX, internationalization, and integration with existing web app.