Actually, Java2Script seems to do a pretty good job of conversion and may well do what I need.
I'm still going to experiment with GWT to see how far I can go with it. On Feb 19, 5:41 pm, Daniel Jue <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, I don't mean to be rude, but led you to believe there was a > conversion program or plugin? I don't think there is one, at least > not any free ones I've heard of. > The conversion is a manual process. I suggest you pick up a book on > GWT or try the samples to see how different is is from your swing app, > and then try to discover how you can reuse your old code. If your old > code has a good design, you won't have to touch certain classes that > have nothing to do with the GUI. But you will have to write code. > (imagine the 'will' being in bold italics) > Some people like Cypal, and it's easy to get started with it. It even > has it's own mailing list that you will want to join if you have Cypal > specific questions. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM, FractalBob <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply, Daniel. > > > I don't know if this is relevant, but I used Eclipse to develop the > > application. I also just downloaded Cypal Studio, which is supposed to > > help convert Eclipse projects, but I haven't tried it yet. Do you > > think it will help? > > > Bob > > > On Feb 19, 3:52 pm, Daniel Jue <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM, FractalBob <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Hi, > > >> > I developed a Swing-based mail application that I'd like to convert to > >> > JavaScript. Is this the sort of thing that GWT can do? > > >> No, it's not going to convert it for you. Your benefit is that > >> building the GUI is similar to building a Swing GUI, AFAIK. So there > >> is less work for you to do compared to say, converting a PHP or JSP > >> application. > >> I don't think there is a tool to convert it. Plus the Sync/Async RPC > >> methodology is probably something new you will have to learn. > > >> > If so, how do I > >> > run GWTCompiler? I added the four JAR files contained in the GWT > >> > distribution to my CLASSPATH, but the java interpreter can't find > >> > GWTCompiler. TIA. > > >> > Bob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" 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-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
