Hi! I'm a web programmer. I mainly code in PHP with MySQL and also familiar with XHTML and CSS. I also have some Java and basic JavaScript knowledge.
But I never used Ajax before. I was thinking that it might not worth to study how Ajax works cause it'd take lots of time and I thought using a Javascript library would probably be a better choice. I read a lot about them and I found Dojotoolkit to be the best for me. But then I read about GWT that it makes super-fast Javascript which would be great for me and I would also get more into Java. So it seemed perfect for me. I read the documentation and saw how to make a simple client application. But then as a web programmer the most important thing for me was to make use of client-server communication to put some Ajax power into my PHP applications. But I found this part quite difficult. I use Eclipse PDT and the GWT's Eclipse plugin. I realized that when creating a new web application and I'm copying my PHP files onto that application folder I can't use PDT's tool for PHP cause I can only see the project if I'm using Java perspective. Overall, my goal is to put some Ajax power in my PHP applications. For example I have a website about mobile phones and I store all phones and all the data in a MySQL database. I want them to be searchable without reloading the page. Or I want to click on a "Next phone" button to see the next phone in the database without reloading the page or a "Compare phones" button and want to compare two selected phones without reloading the page. My questions are: - Is GWT for me? Or I'd rather use Dojotoolkit or another Javascript library? - What's the best way to set up (organize) a PHP project and connect it with GWT? (I mean folder structure and everything) - What's the best to use for client-server communication: JSON, XML or something else? (if I want to do stuffs like at the above examples) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
