Essential GWT : building for the web with Google Web toolkit 2

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kereki, Federico, Author.

Contributor:

Google (Firm)

Series:

Developer's Library

Developer's library Essential GWT

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Google Web toolkit.

Ajax (Web site development technology)--Development.

Ajax (Web site development technology).

Java (Computer program language).

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2011

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

With Google Web Toolkit, Java developers can build sophisticated Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and complete Web sites using the powerful IDEs and tools they already use. Now, with GWT 2, Google Web Toolkit has become even more useful. Essential GWT shows how to use this latest version of GWT to create production solutions that combine superior style, performance, and interactivity with exceptional quality and maintainability. Federico Kereki quickly reviews the basics and then introduces intermediate and advanced GWT skills, covering issues ranging from organizing projects to compiling and deploying final code. Throughout, he focuses on best-practice methodologies and design patterns. For example, you’ll learn how to use the MVP (model-view-presenter) pattern to improve application design and support automated testing for agile development. Kereki illuminates each concept with realistic code examples that help developers jump-start their projects and get great results more quickly. Working with the latest versions of open source tools such as Eclipse, Subversion, Apache, Tomcat, and MySQL, he demonstrates exactly how GWT fits into real Web development environments. Coverage includes Using the Google Plugin for Eclipse and the GWT Shell Script Detecting and working with browsers—and solving the problems they cause Building better user interfaces with the MVP pattern Using APIs for visualization, mapping, weather data, and more Internationalizing and localizing GWT code Securing GWT applications with cryptography, hashing, and encryption Testing with JUnit, Emma, GWTTestCase, Selenium, and Mock Objects Deploying client-only and client-plus-server GWT applications

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1 Developing Your Application

Rich Internet Applications

Web 2.0

Cloud Computing

The "Death of the Desktop

Advantages of GWT

HTML Ubiquity and Browser Differences

JavaScript Deficiencies

Software Methodologies to Apply

Classic Development Problems

Agile Methodologies

Forever Beta?

Summary

2 Getting Started with GWT 2

Why Use GWT?

Why Java?

Some Actual Disadvantages

The GWT Components

Compiler

JRE Emulation Library

UI Library

Setting Up GWT

Writing Code

Version Control Management

Testing

Running and Deploying

3 Understanding Projects and Development

Creating a Project

Using the Google Plugin for Eclipse

Using the GWT Shell Script

Project Structure

Running Your Application: Development Mode

4 Working with Browsers

The Back Button Problem

Setting Up Your HTML Page

The History Class

Starting Your Application

Showing Forms in Pop-Ups

Passing Parameters

Creating a Menu

Detecting the User's Browser

The Classic Way

The Deferred Binding Way

Recognizing Older Explorers

No JavaScript?

5 Programming the User Interface

Thinking About UI Patterns

MVC: A Classic Pattern

MVP: A More Suitable Pattern

Implementing MVP

Callbacks Galore

Implementation Details

Some Extensions

Declarative UI

A Basic UiBinder Example

More Complex Examples

6 Communicating with Your Server

Introduction to RPC

Implementation

Serialization

Direct Evaluation RPC

RPC Patterns of Usage

The World Cities Service

Code Sharing

Coding the Server Side Services

Database-Related Widgets and MVP

A Look at MVP

A Country/State Cities Browser

Live Suggestions

Data Prevalidation.

Enterprise Java Beans

7 Communicating with Other Servers

The Same Origin Policy (SOP) Restriction

Our City Update Application

Receiving and Processing XML

Using Ajax Directly

Going Through a Proxy

Producing and Sending XML

Creating XML with Strings

Creating XML Through the DOM

Sending the XML Data

Sending XML Through Ajax

Sending XML Through a Proxy

8 Mixing in JavaScript

JSNI

Basic JSNI Usage

Hashing with JavaScript

Animations Beyond GWT

A Steampunk Display Widget

JSON

JSONP

9 Adding APIs

A Weather Vane

Getting Weather Data

Getting the Feed

Getting Everything Together

Getting at the Feed Data with an Overlay

Getting the Feed with JSNI

Dashboard Visualizations

Using the Google Visualization API

Handling Events

Working with Maps

Interactive Maps

Fixed Maps

10 Working with Servers

The Challenges to Meet

Before Going Any Further

Security

Ajax Problems

Cryptography

Hashing

Encrypting

Stateless Versus Stateful Servers

Common Operations

Logging In

Changing Your Password

11 Moving Around Files

Uploading Files

An Upload Form

A File Processing Servlet

Providing Feedback to the User

Downloading Files

A File Download Form

A Sample File Producing Servlet

12 Internationalization and Localization

Internationalization (i18n)

Resource Bundles

Using Constants

Messages

UiBinder Internationalization

Localization (l10n)

13 Testing Your GWT Application

Why Testing?

Advantages of Automatically Tested Code

And if a Bug Appears?

Unit Testing with JUnit

A Basic JUnit Example

Test Coverage with Emma

Testing MVP Code

Testing with Mock Objects

EasyMock

Integration Testing with GWTTestCase.

Testing a View

Testing a Servlet

Acceptance Testing with Selenium

A Very Simple Example

What Can Go Wrong?

14 Optimizing for Application Speed

Design Patterns for Speed

Caching

Prefetching

Thread Simulation

Bundling Data

Speed Measurement Tools

Speed Tracer

YSlow

Page Speed

JavaScript Debuggers

15 Deploying Your Application

Compilation

Modules

Code Splitting

Deployment

Working with Client-Only GWT

Working with Client-Plus-Server GWT

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612691959

9780321705594

0321705599

9781282691957

1282691953

9780321705570

0321705572

OCLC:

1027142386