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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
