On Feb 11, 2:45 am, dougx <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup; just remember that when you're compiling using the xs linker > you're not in a local iframe anymore; your own server is cross domain > now, so you'll have to use an XSS proxy to make RPC calls (or > makeRequest()).
That I don't understand. I can do simple GETs on whatever server I want. The only thing I can't do is POSTs, PUTs and DELETEs but that is not needed. You can just use JSONP to call your webservices. (Of course they have to be set up to accept that). Also: is gwt-gadgets using the xs linker or how does it work? Because I am already using a ClientBundles with it and that works pretty good :) Cheers, Jonas > > ~ > D. > > On Feb 11, 6:28 pm, Kayode Odeyemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok. I get it now. Now digging in... > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Kayode Odeyemi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I really want to explore the approach you took Doug(i.e the GWT only > > > approach). But my question is how do you include the module file and the > > > JSNI implementation in the Wave gadget > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Jonas Huckestein <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > >> Wow, I never knew the gadget linker did not support any of these > > >> features. Is there any reason for that? In that case we could also try > > >> to improve on the linker :) > > > >> I didn't know about shindig either, but from the looks of it, we would > > >> have to build a GWT wrapper around it first. > > > >> So here's what my final goal and masterplan is: > > >> - I want to develop wave gadgets using ALL of GWTs features > > >> - I want to test in hosted mode with multiple versions of the gadget > > >> running side by side > > >> - I want to be able to simulate mode changes and participant updates > > >> all from one interface > > > >> I thought I was pretty close but the gadget linker not working with > > >> some of GWTs power features is a real letdown! So does anybody have > > >> any ideas how to build what I want to build in another way? > > > >> I didn't understand your point about why you cannot put a web > > >> application in a gadget container, though. Using JSONP you can develop > > >> any application you want and connect it to a webservice. There is no > > >> reason for this to be slower than anything that doesn't run in a > > >> gadget container. (I don't know what opensocial's makerequest does, > > >> though). > > > >> Cheers, Jonas > > > >> On Feb 10, 8:11 pm, dougx <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Hm. > > > >> > I've never been a fan of gadgets. It's always seemed rather contrived > > >> > to me, to suggest you can have an entire web application all wrapped > > >> > up in a single xml file. > > > >> > All of the open social applications you'll find in the real world make > > >> > use of makeRequest() and server side services; the way you would > > >> > expect a modern web application to. In fact, I'd argue the huge delay > > >> > in adding makeRequest() and the REST api is why Hi5 and Myspace > > >> > applications never took off the way Facebook ones did (traffic too, to > > >> > be fair). > > > >> > Still, practically speaking I strongly advise you not to use the > > >> > gadget linker. It's old, barely supported (seriously, look at the > > >> > change log...), generates very large files (no cute splitting into per- > > >> > browser components like the normal linker does), and makes several of > > >> > the powerful GWT features available; specifically RPC, code splitting, > > >> > debugging and resource bundles. > > > >> > Still, you know. It's kind of fun for tooling around and making little > > >> > bits and pieces with I guess. > > > >> > Regarding the wave container... I suspect we're re-inventing the > > >> > wheel; I wonder if it wouldn't be a better plan to implement an > > >> > independent wave client container on top of shindig (http:// > > >> > shindig.apache.org/) ... > > > >> > ~ > > >> > Doug. > > > >> > On Feb 11, 10:32 am, Jonas Huckestein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > Hi Doug, > > > >> > > nice, I didn't think of using a normal GWT application as a wave > > >> > > gadget like that before. But I think that is just a way of manually > > >> > > doing what the Gadget API for GWT is doing for you. > > > >> > > What you said about being able to see two different views of the > > >> > > gadget side by side in local testing is easily accomplished in > > >> > > WaveConnector (actually it's the primary design goal). We can view > > >> > > two > > >> > > versions of the Gadget (which is no more than a GWT widget) side by > > >> > > side in a browser. All we need to do is give them two different > > >> > > eventBuses (to prevent them from interfering with one another) and > > >> > > make sure that wave-related events are shared across the buses. (more > > >> > > generally using singletons in the GWT widget might cause problems). > > > >> > > I don't think there is need to include a server in order to test the > > >> > > gadget with more than one participant :) > > > >> > > We can also add a user interface to add/remove participants, switch > > >> > > the wave mode etc.. I will try to get this done next week. > > > >> > > Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you liked it! > > > >> > > Cheers, Jonas > > > >> > > On Feb 10, 6:08 pm, dougx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > Mmm... did you realize you can use a normal GWT application in wave > > >> as > > >> > > > a gadget? > > > >> > > > All you need is a frame: > > >> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > > >> > > > <Module> > > >> > > > <ModulePrefs title="State Example" height="220"> > > >> > > > <Require feature="wave" /> > > >> > > > </ModulePrefs> > > >> > > > <Content type="html"> > > >> > > > <![CDATA[ > > >> > > > <html> > > >> > > > <head> > > >> > > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; > > >> > > > charset=UTF-8"> > > >> > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://xxx.appspot.com/xxx/ > > >> > > > xxx.nocache.js"></script> > > >> > > > <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http:/ > > >> xxx.appspot.com/ > > >> > > > xxx/xxx.css"> > > >> > > > <title>Jewels</title> > > >> > > > </head> > > >> > > > <body> > > >> > > > </body> > > >> > > > </html> > > >> > > > ]]> > > >> > > > </Content> > > >> > > > </Module> > > > >> > > > Then use the cross domain compiler to compile the code (this is > > >> > > > actually exactly what it's for...): > > >> > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > >> > > > <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Google Inc.//DTD Google Web Toolkit > > >> 1.7.0// > > >> > > > EN" " > > >>http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.7.0/distro- > > >> > > > source/core/src/gwt-module.dtd"> > > >> > > > <module rename-to='xxx'> > > >> > > > <inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.User'/> > > >> > > > <inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.theme.standard.Standard'/> > > >> > > > <entry-point class='com.hax.wave.xxx.client.XXXWidget'/> > > >> > > > <add-linker name="xs"/> <-- You _must_ include this step to > > >> > > > access > > >> > > > teh wave API. > > >> > > > </module> > > > >> > > > And finally, use JSNI to access the wave api: > > >> > > > public static native boolean isInWaveContainer() throws Exception > > >> /*-{ > > >> > > > var rtn = false; > > >> > > > if (($wnd.wave) && ($wnd.wave.isInWaveContainer())) > > >> > > > rtn = true; > > >> > > > return(rtn); > > > >> > > > }-*/; > > > >> > > > ... > > > >> > > > So yeah. Might find that helpful. Note that in 2.0 you can't debug > > >> > > > using the xs linker, so you'll need to comment that line out while > > >> > > > you're developing your widget, and then put it back when you do a > > >> > > > deployment build. > > > >> > > > That wave connector is very cool; nice work! :) > > > >> > > > Hm... I wonder if we could add an app engine based data store based > > >> > > > state so just when you're debugging locally you can have two > > >> > > > browser > > >> > > > windows open and it'll treat those as different viewers of the > > >> gadget, > > >> > > > so you can do full testing. That'd involve defining separate > > >> > > > servlet > > >> > > > end points though; perhaps it'd be better as a separate gwt > > >> > > > application, and you can include it on your testing pages... > > > >> > > > ~ > > >> > > > Doug. > > > >> > > > On Feb 11, 7:42 am, Jonas Huckestein <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > > Hi Everybody, > > > >> > > > > I have just released WaveConnector - a turnkey solution for > > >> developing > > >> > > > > wave gadgets using GWT and testing them in hosted mode. Please > > >> head > > >> > > > > over to my blog athttp://thezukunft.comortheprojectpageathttp:// > > >> code.google.com/p/waveconnector-gwt/fordetails. It's as easy > > >> > > > > as downloading a zip archive :D > > > >> > > > > Chris, how di you achieve the 90%? I assume you must also > > >> > > > > decouple > > >> the > > >> > > > > GWT code from the Gadget/Wave API? I have simply implemented a > > >> mock > > >> > > > > version of the wave API. That way I think I can do all testing > > >> > > > > locally. > > > >> > > > > Kayode, WaveConnector is exactly the mock framework (+ some > > >> > > > > convenience functions) I was talking about :) > > > >> > > > > Sorry for this shameless selfpromotion on this board but I think > > >> this > > >> > > > > might actually help a lot of people or get them to develop for > > >> Wave in > > >> > > > > the first place. > > > >> > > > > What do all of you think of a dedicated Wave+GWT group? I asked > > >> that > > >> > > > > question on the GWT groups earlier and people seemed to be > > >> interested. > > > >> > > > > Cheers, Jonas > > > >> > > > > This is my first ever open source contribution so please give me > > >> > > > > comments and feedback on my blog or the project page. > > > >> > > > > On Feb 10, 2:07 am, HaiColon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > What I do is I write the gadget in a way that makes it work > > >> > > > > > both > > >> > > > > > locally (or as a website on a remote server) and then I add a > > >> layer on > > >> > > > > > top that makes it work with Google Wave. That way I can test > > >> > > > > > 90% > > >> of > > >> > > > > > the gadget locally, no problem. And for the other 10% I just > > >> > > > > > use > > >> the > > >> > > > > > debug features of the sandbox Wave client. That has worked good > > >> so far > > >> > > > > > even for bigger/more involved gadgets and the bonus is that > > >> > > > > > your > > >> > > > > > gadget then doesn't need to be Wave exclusive. > > > >> > > > > > If you'd want to use a test-driven development approach you > > >> could only > > >> > > > > > test this 90% non-Wave part of the application but none of the > > >> Google > > >> > > > > > Wave specific stuff in the other 10%, so this approach > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en.
