Thanks -- we do have existing server side code, and my thinking is that we'd still leverage the GWT Server components, but just to call into our existing server code. One quick question -- I'm looking at my standalone GWT projects and I don't see any reference to a GWT servlet in the web.xml. What is the name of of the servlet?
On Sep 21, 4:08 pm, Tom Carchrae <[email protected]> wrote: > The other alternative, if you already have a REST (or similar) API to you > current application, is to not use the GWT server side components at all. > This would be appropriate if, for example, you don't want to touch the > current server with the new GWT code (eg, adding the GWT servlet) > > You can also easily add GWT to support to an existing project in Eclipse. > Right click on the project in the navigator, then Google -> Web Toolkit > Settings, and enable it. You'll then need to copy the GWT servlet and > modify web.xml to use it (and add a GWT module/package to your source) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:02 PM, joe kolba <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's easy, create a seperate gwt project. Once you are done developing, > > just compile your javascript, extract your server side class files, webapp > > (js), html and css. Just drop them into your existing deployment and your > > done. With GWT you are just cross compiling and creating client and server > > side code. Or you can create a GWT Project and add whatever java framework > > around it (ie: Spring, struts...). As long as the packages aren't in your > > GWT project xml file they won't be cross compiled. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I've searched and while there are some similar post, I've not yet been > >> able to find my exact situation. > > >> We have an existing, working web application. There is NO UI. It is > >> purely service based right now. We want to build a UI over this > >> application using GWT. > > >> I don't want to build a separate GWT project and try to worry about > >> cross-project references, I would like to just add GWT to the existing > >> project. But I'm not sure how to do that. We use Eclipse and > >> creating a new project is simple, but I'm not sure what to do to be > >> able to add GWT support to an existing project. > > >> Does anybody have any experience with this? Or any links to > >> research? Thanks in advance. > > >> -- > >> 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. > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
