Beginning Google Web Toolkit: From Novice to Professional

The open source, lightweight Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a framework that allows Java developers to build Rich Internet Applications (RIA), more recently called Ajax applications, in Java. Typically, writing these applications requires a lot of JavaScript development. However, Java and JavaScript are very distinctively different languages (although the name suggests otherwise), therefore requiring a different development process.

In Beginning Google Web Toolkit: From Novice to Professional, you’ll learn to build rich, user–friendly web applications using a popular Java–based Ajax web framework, the Google Web Toolkit. The authors will guide you through the complete development of a GWT front end application with a no–nonsense, down–to–earth approach.

You’ll start with the first steps of working with GWT and learn to understand the concepts and consequences of building this kind of application. During the course of the book, all the key aspects of GWT are tackled pragmatically, as you’re using them to build a real–world sample application. Unlike many other books, the inner workings of GWT and other unnecessary details are shelved, so you can focus on the stuff that really matters when developing GWT applications.

What you’ll learn

• Get a solid foundation to develop RIAs.
• Understand the basics of the GWT Framework and its components.
• Fit GWT into your application’s life cycle and development process.
• Develop rich web front–end GUIs using widgets, composite widgets, panels, and much more.
• Integrate with RPC, and various other data formats.
• Reinforce principles learned throughout the book by working through a real–world sample application created with GWT from scratch.

Who is this book for?

Beginning Google Web Toolkit: From Novice to Professional is written for Java developers of all levels who want to start building Rich Internet Applications. The book assumes no prior knowledge of developing Ajax applications and/or working with JavaScript.

About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) 是一個開源且輕量級的框架，允許Java開發人員使用Java來建立豐富的網絡應用程式（RIA），最近也被稱為Ajax應用程式。通常，撰寫這些應用程式需要大量的JavaScript開發。然而，Java和JavaScript是非常不同的語言（儘管名稱暗示相反），因此需要不同的開發過程。

在《從新手到專業人士的Google Web Toolkit入門》一書中，您將學習使用流行的基於Java的Ajax網絡框架Google Web Toolkit來建立豐富且用戶友好的網絡應用程式。作者將以直截了當、踏實的方式指導您完成GWT前端應用程式的完整開發過程。

您將從使用GWT的第一步開始，並學習理解建立這種應用程式的概念和後果。在本書的過程中，將實際應用GWT來建立一個真實世界的示例應用程式，並實際解決GWT的所有關鍵問題。與許多其他書籍不同，本書將不涉及GWT的內部運作和其他不必要的細節，讓您能夠專注於開發GWT應用程式時真正重要的事情。

您將學到以下內容：
- 建立RIA的堅實基礎。
- 理解GWT框架及其組件的基礎知識。
- 將GWT融入應用程式的生命週期和開發過程中。
- 使用小部件、組合小部件、面板等來開發豐富的網絡前端GUI。
- 整合RPC和其他各種數據格式。
- 通過從頭開始使用GWT創建的真實世界示例應用程式，加強書中學到的原則。

這本書適合所有級別的Java開發人員，他們想要開始建立豐富的網絡應用程式。本書假設讀者對開發Ajax應用程式和/或使用JavaScript沒有先備知識。

Apress的《從新手到專業人士》系列是獲得關鍵入門級工作所需的正確選擇。這些書籍將從基礎開始教您一個標準且重要的技術，因為它們明確設計為帶您從「新手到專業人士」。您將通過逐步學習如何逐步組合真實世界的項目來建立自己的技能。因此，無論您的目標是迎接下一個職業挑戰還是尋找新的學習機會，Apress的《從新手到專業人士》系列都會引領您前往目的地，它是您在陌生領域中的可靠指南！