Hello John, This is really great news.
> We will build upon the lessons learned with these incubator widgets, but the > API for the new data backed widgets will evolve significantly from the > current APIs. Is this essentially data binding? Since you've put Form Validation at GWT 2.2, I guess you'd have to have data binding implemented before then? > SliderBar and ProgressBar > Both of these widgets currently require the use of a global timer, which has > performance implications. If we can implement these without a resize timer, > we will include them in GWT 2.2. If we cannot, we will discontinue > development on them. If the performance issues are not sorted out, would it be possible to just spit it off into a different project instead of discontinuing it? Some people may be willing to accept a performance penalty to use these widgets. > Graphics > The graphics library provides a single, platform independent API that works > on top of Canvas and VML. The library is not ready for GWT trunk, but this > project is worth pursuing. Will you be building on what was done in Speed Tracer for Canvas integration? Thanks again for the update. All the best, -- Arthur Kalmenson On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:04 PM, John LaBanca <[email protected]> wrote: > Incubator Users - > > The Google Web Toolkit Incubator project began as a proving grounds for new > widgets to be vetted before joining the ranks of the GWT trunk. We've seen > some success stories over the last year with EventHandlers, ClientBundle, > and DatePicker, but for many of the widgets and libraries, Incubator has > become an elephant graveyard. > > In order to address this issue, we will start graduating some of the > libraries to GWT trunk, move some into separate projects, and discontinue > development on others. Ultimately, we will wind down the incubator project > completely. > > The schedule below shows the fate of each subproject in incubator. It's a > tentative schedule, meaning that it could change as priorities shift. > > GWT 2.1 > > PagingScrollTable and FastTree > We are working on a new set of data backed widgets for GWT 2.1 that will > include APIs for trees and tables. We will build upon the lessons learned > with these incubator widgets, but the API for the new data backed widgets > will evolve significantly from the current APIs. When the data backed > widgets are added to GWT trunk, we will stop development on > the PagingScrollTable and FastTree. > > Locale Selection > Selecting the locale on the server requires one less round trip to the > server on startup and is needed for effective use of > runtime locales selection. This library will be included in GWT 2.1. > > GWT 2.2 > > CollapsiblePanel > This widget will probably become a subclass of DockingLayoutPanel, similar > to SplitLayoutPanel. > > SliderBar and ProgressBar > Both of these widgets currently require the use of a global timer, which has > performance implications. If we can implement these without a resize timer, > we will include them in GWT 2.2. If we cannot, we will discontinue > development on them. > > Logging > The logging API may make it into GWT 2.1 if time permits. > > Form Validation > We will take a closer look at the form validation API in GWT 2.2.. > > Separate Project: > > SoundResource > SoundResource is a promising API for including sound in an application, but > it makes sense to wait for HTML 5 features to become widely adopted before > including it. We would like to move SoundResource into the gwt-voices > project: http://code.google.com/p/gwt-voices/. > > Graphics > The graphics library provides a single, platform independent API that works > on top of Canvas and VML. The library is not ready for GWT trunk, but this > project is worth pursuing. > > HtmlDecorators > We will continue to work on this project to arbitrarily add decorations to > widgets. > > As always, please feel free to reply with comments or suggestions. > Thanks, > John LaBanca > on behalf of the GWT team > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors >
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