Thank You,
Ted
On Jul 10, 10:27 am, Isaac Truett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Can I just design it as a regular java app, that does not need
> > to run in a browser when I’m developing the app?
>
> If by "regular java app" you mean a Swing application, then no, you
> can't. the Google *Web* Toolkit is for building web application. GWT
> has its own set of widgets that you use instead of Swing components.
>
> > I got the plug in for eclipse and got a
> > program to run ok, but every time I run or debug it, it starts up
> > Google's local web server and runs the application in Google's
> > broawer from the local web server. Is this the way its suppose to
> > be?
>
> The server is a specially rigged instance of Jetty for debugging your
> application as Java code instead of JS. The browser is actually a
> normal browser embedded in a Java app, although which browser depends
> on your OS. This development/debugging setup is called "hosted mode."
>
> > Also after I run the program I must close down Googles server or
> > I get a socket error.
>
> Because the port is already in use. When you hit run again, you're
> trying to start a new server on the same port. That causes an error.
> All you really need to do is...
>
> > The edit debug process seems to be a little
> > slow.
>
> ... just hit refresh. That'll pick up the changes you made in the
> client and display the new version of your app. No need to close the
> browser window or the server, most of the time.
>
> Hope some of that helps. Let us know if you have more questions.
>
> - Isaac
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:13 AM, tedpottel<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > New GWT user
>
> > Hi I’m starting to use GWT and got it to work, but confused about some
> > issues
> > 1. I thought that you would first run a java app program and then
> > compile it to java script. I got the plug in for eclipse and got a
> > program to run ok, but every time I run or debug it, it starts up
> > Google's local web server and runs the application in Google's
> > broawer from the local web server. Is this the way its suppose to
> > be? Also after I run the program I must close down Googles server or
> > I get a socket error. The edit debug process seems to be a little
> > slow. Can I just design it as a regular java app, that does not need
> > to run in a browser when I’m developing the app?
> > -Ted- Hide quoted text -
>
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