On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Arthur Kalmenson <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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? > We're still working on the requirements, but it will probably include some form of data binding. At the very least, it won't preclude data binding. > > > 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. > > We might separate them into separate projects. We'll have to figure out a way to deprecate the incubator cleanly as people do currently depend on it and may not switch to new widgets for a long time. We'll probably leave the incubator project around for quite a while after we stop working on it. > > 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? > @Jaime - any thoughts on this? > > 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 > > > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors >
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