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Video Title	Minutes
00: Google Web Toolkit - Course Introduction	7
01: Ajax and GWT	23
02: Getting Started With GWT	21
03: GWT User Interfaces	15
04: Core GWT Widgets	21
05: Organizing User Interfaces in GWT	24
06: Event Handling in GWT	17
07: Using Images in GWT	22
08: Executing Hosted vs. Web Mode in GWT	26
09: History and Bookmarks in GWT	18
10: The Pizza Purchasing Project Domain in GWT	14
11: GWT Utility Classes	22
12: RPC Protocol in GWT	15
Total:	4 hours 5 minutes

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Description

This Google Web Toolkit (GWT) online training course provides a foundation in developing front-end modules with GWT widgets, panels, events, and other mechanisms. This course will show you how to use and organize the user interfaces, work with image handling, history, bookmarks, and evaluate best practices.

Objectives

As a result of taking this Google Web Toolkit online training course, you will be able to:

• Define the Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
• Get started with GWT
• Describe the GWT User Interfaces
• Organize the GWT User Interfaces
• Explain GWT Event Handling
• Explain GWT Image Handling
• Work with History and Bookmarks
• Examine GWT Utility Classes
• Identify more about GWT User Interfaces
• Test and Debug GWT modules in GWT
• Describe GWT Java Emulation
• Analyze GWT Best Practices

Related Training

• Podcast: Google Web Toolkit And Derby
• Podcast: Google Web Toolkit And Spring
• Podcast: Google Web Toolkit And Third Party Libraries
• Podcast: Google Web Toolkit Application Design Best Practices
• Podcast: Google Web Toolkit Library Design Best Practices

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Google Web Toolkit Outline

Module 00: Google Web Toolkit - Course Introduction

Module 01: Ajax and GWT

• Ajax Emergence
• Ajax Challenges
• Motivations Behind GWT
• GWT Solution
• What is GWT?
• Exercise: Building a Sample Application

Module 02: Getting Started with GWT

• Getting Started with GWT
• Setup GWT Environment
• Creating a Project
• A GWT Project Structure
• Hosted vs. Web Mode
• Exercise: Designing the Application

Module03: GWT User Interfaces

• GWT User Interfaces
• A Basic User Interface
• GWT Module Entry Point
• Creating and Configuring Widgets
• Laying Out Your Widgets
• Using the RootPanel
• Basic Styling
• Modifying GWT Code
• Exercise: Building the User Interface

Module 04: Core GWT Widgets

• GWT Widgets
• Button Widget
• GWT Hperlinks
• Text Widgets
• Selection Widgets
• Listing Widgets
• Widget Behavior
• Configuring Widgets
• Exercise: Managing Events on the Client

Module 05: Organizing User Interfaces in GWT

• GTW Layouts
• Organizing Widgets into Panels
• Various GWT Layouts
• FlowingPanel Layout
• DockingPanel Layout
• Using FlexTable
• Using Grid
• Using PupupPanel
• Dialog Boxes
• The Disclosure Panel
• Exercise: Coding Functionality on the Client

Module 06: Event Handling in GWT

• Event Handling in GWT
• GWT Event Model
• Using Event Listeners
• Listener Adapters
• Types of Events
• Keyboard Events
• Mouse Events
• Tab Events
• Table Cell Events
• Browser Differences
• Exercise: Debugging a GWT Application

Module 07: Using Images in GWT

• Using Images in GWT
• GWT Image Widget
• Prefetching Images
• Using Image Bundles
• Exercise: Applying Styles

Module 08: Executing Hosted vs. Web Mode in GWT

• Hosted vs. Web Mode in GWT
• Page Loading Steps in Hosted Mode
• Running in Web Mode
• GWT Generated Files
• Obfuscation in GWT Generated Files
• GWT Deployment
• Exercise: Compiling a GWT Application

Module 09: History and Bookmarks in GWT

• History and Bookmarks in GWT Ajax
• Creating Bookmarked Pages
• The History Token
• The History Listener
• Reacting to Back and Forward Buttons
• Exercise: Image Bundles and Image Resources

Module 10: The Pizza Purchasing Project Domain in GWT

• Pizza Purchasing Project (P3) in GWT
• Exercise: Pizza Purchasing Project (P3)

Module 11: GWT Utility Classes

• GWT Utility Classes
• GWT Cookies
• GWT Random Class
• Animation in GWT
• Uploading Files in GWT
• The GWT Window Class
• The GWT Location Class
• The GWT Timer Class
• Exercise: Implementing a Cloud Computing-Based Service-Oriented Architecture from a Business Perspective

Module 12: RPC Protocol in GWT

• RPC Protocol in GWT
• Why a New Protocol?
• Placing Code Components
• RemoteService Interface
• RemoteServiceServlet Interface
• The AsynchCallback Interface
• RPC Events
• Exercise: How to Implement GWT from a Technical Perspective

 

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Prerequisites

Students should have:

• Taken Java 6 Part 1 and 2 or Java 5 Parts 1 and 2
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and their relationships
• Some foundation in widget-based Form development using events
• Basic knowledge of HTTP protocol would be beneficial

 

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System Requirements

Hardware:

• Windows Vista, XP, 2000 or later or Mac OS X 10.4 or later or Linux with GTK (GIMP Toolkit) 2.21 or later
• Minimum 10 GB free disk space before intallation
• Minimum 1 GB RAM

Software:

• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5 or later

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