Thanks for the info. It'll be useful as I develop my app. Ezra
On Nov 17, 6:22 pm, Chris Ramsdale <[email protected]> wrote: > Since both the client and server portions of GWT apps are written in Java > there's no reason why you couldn't run the client portion of your app on the > server. That said, there are a couple of items you should keep in mind: > > 1. Code that will be executed on the server side has the ability to utilize > more of the JRE since it won't be run in the browser, and as such won't be > limited to the classes and libraries available within the browser. > 2. Client side code that expects a UI might not run correctly on the server > side. > 3. A model you might find more powerful is the ability to "share" code > between the client and the server. For example, model objects such as > Contacts or Addresses can have a common code base that that allow both the > client and the server to manipulate and extract data. Therefore an update to > the model doesn't require an update to both the client and server code base. > > - Chris > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Ezra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi GWT community, > > > Is it possible to have a gwt application run on the server and the > > client? Basically, can a GWT app that was written for the client be > > ported to run on a server? > > > The benefit of using GWT would be that it is written in Java (which > > can run on a server) and it can be compiled into JavaScript (which can > > run on the client). Having the ability to pick where the code runs > > would be a big benefit for the application I am developing. Has anyone > > tried this before? Can you give me some advice? > > > Thanks, > > Ezra > > > -- > > > 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]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=. -- 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=.
