It apparently can be tied to a backend datasource, although all of these
examples have
setClientOnly(true)

There are no examples that I know of actually showing a connection, for
example with a sample mysql database or really anything else.  Please
correct me if I'm wrong.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM, ckendrick <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> With SmartGWT you can represent a data structure as a DataSource.  A
> DataSource can be tied to any kind of data provider - not just
> different JPA implementers but also WSDL web services, REST services,
> non-JPA persistence systems like Ibatis, etc.  The persistence engine
> is pluggable, so you can swap strategies, even swap platforms (eg Java
> to PHP backend) without changing the UI.
>
> With SmartGWT Pro you can generate SQL tables or Hibernate entities
> from a DataSource, or vice versa, that is, generate a DataSource from
> existing SQL tables or Hibernate entities.  Then you can just drag the
> DataSource onto a grid component and you've got the ability to do CRUD
> operations without writing any code, and you can add business logic
> from there.
>
> Probably the best single overview is here:
>
>    http://www.jroller.com/sjivan/entry/smartgwt_out_of_beta_v1
>
> On Aug 4, 7:40 am, Kaspar Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > The thing is, there IS a framework for what you are trying to do (i.e.
> > > represent a data structure without being tied to implementation). It's
> > > called Java. If you're looking for the ability to quickly add fields
> > > to customer's data structures, that's dependent on low coupling and
> > > other good programming /techniques/ not a given framework
> >
>

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