gwt-mosaic project – GWT/incubator/gwt-dnd put together…

There is a new framework on the GWT block – gwt-mosaic – which is basically a cleverly put together collection of widgets from GWT, gwt-incubator, and gwt-dnd. On the surface the showcase of the framework looks very similar to GWT, but soon enough you’ll realize the little but very important things it adds to GWT like more advanced dialogs, additional layouts, tool buttons, treetable, paging scroll table, etc. Since these widgets are based on already available and tested ones from Incubator and gwt-dnd, this new framework even now looks pretty good and is relatively stable.

It’s a very early version right now, but I think is worth following. It’s licensed under Apache 2.0.

Ext-GWT 1.1 is out

There is a new version (1.1) of Ext-GWT library available with all kinds of goodies – Grids, Bean Model/Factory,Web Desktop, Slate theme, Live Combo Box. Slick stuff and definitely a great framework that anyone starting in GWT needs to consider!

One thing I wish for is that Ext-GWT was better interoperable with native GWT widgets/layouts. But maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part, since I also understand the complexity of getting RIA stuff work smoothly across the browsers and various hacks developers put into place to deal with cross browser issues.

GWT, Maven2, Eclipse – part2

Just wanted to finish my previous post on the Maven2 setup with GWT. Since Google/GWT doesn’t provide any maven central repositories you’d have to install them yourself into either your development maven repo or into your local maven repo. Below are the commands to do it (assuming Windows dev env and some path).