Revision: 6951
Author: [email protected]
Date: Mon Nov 16 19:17:44 2009
Log: Updated runAsync to link to the I/O presentation.
http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/detail?r=6951
Modified:
/wiki/GWT_2_0_RC.wiki
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--- /wiki/GWT_2_0_RC.wiki Mon Nov 16 19:02:31 2009
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=== Major New Features ===
* In-Browser Development Mode: Prior to 2.0, GWT hosted mode provided a
special-purpose "hosted browser" to debug your GWT code. In 2.0, the web
page being debugged is viewed within a regular-old browser. Development
mode is supported through the use of a native-code plugin called
the "Google Web Toolkit Developer Plugin" for many popular browsers. In
other words, you can use development mode directly from Safari, Firefox,
IE, and Chrome.
- * Code Splitting: Developer-guided code splitting with <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/core/client/GWT.html#runAsync(com.google.gwt.core.client.RunAsyncCallback)">GWT.runAsync()</a>
allows you to chunk your GWT code into multiple fragments for faster
startup. Imagine having to download a whole movie before being able to
watch it. Well, that's what you have to do with most Ajax apps these days
-- download the whole thing before using it. With code splitting, you can
arrange to load just the minimum script needed to get the application
running and the user interacting, while the rest of the app is downloaded
as needed.
- * Declarative User Interface: GWT's <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/uibinder/client/UiBinder.html";>UiBinder</a>
now allows you to create user interfaces mostly declaratively. Previously,
widgets had to be created and assembled programmatically, requiring lots of
code. Now, you can use XML to declare your UI, making the code more
readable, easier to maintain, and faster to develop. The Mail sample has
been updated to show a practical example of using UiBinder.
+ * Code Splitting: Developer-guided code splitting with <a
href="http://code.google.com/events/io/2009/sessions/StoryCompilerGwtCompiler.html";>GWT.runAsync()</a>
allows you to chunk your GWT code into multiple fragments for faster
startup. Imagine having to download a whole movie before being able to
watch it. Well, that's what you have to do with most Ajax apps these days
-- download the whole thing before using it. With code splitting, you can
arrange to load just the minimum script needed to get the application
running and the user interacting, while the rest of the app is downloaded
as needed.
+ * Declarative User Interface: GWT's <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/uibinder/client/UiBinder.html";>UiBinder</a>
now allows you to create user interfaces mostly declaratively. Previously,
widgets had to be created and assembled programmatically, requiring lots of
code. Now, you can use XML to declare your UI, making the code more
readable, easier to maintain, and faster to develop. The Mail sample has
been updated to show a practical example of using !UiBinder.
* Bundling of resources via <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/resources/client/ClientBundle.html";>!ClientBundle</a>.
GWT introduced <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/user/client/ui/ImageBundle.html";>!ImageBundle</a>
in 1.4 to provide automatic spriting of images. !ClientBundle generalizes
this technique, bringing the power of combining and optimizing resources
into one download to things like text files, CSS, and XML. This means fewer
network round trips, which in turn can decrease application latency --
especially on mobile applications.
* Using !HtmlUnit for running test cases based on <a
href="http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.0/com/google/gwt/junit/client/GWTTestCase.html";>GWTTestCase</a>:
Prior to 2.0, GWTTestCase relied on SWT and native code versions of actual
browsers to run unit tests. As a result, running unit tests required
starting an actual browser. As of 2.0, GWTTestCase no longer uses SWT or
native code. Instead, it uses !HtmlUnit as the built-in browser.
Because !HtmlUnit is written entirely in the Java language, there is no
longer any native code involved in typical test-driven development.
Debugging GWT Tests in development mode can be done entirely in a Java
debugger.
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