Comprehensive GWT Training

Delivery Options

• Customized Onsite Training (5 days): Request a Proposal

Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Understand the challenges of Ajax programming and how GWT addresses them.
• Learn about GWT infrastructure, projects and code artifacts.
• Learn to use GWT widgets, panels, images, events, listeners to build Ajax forms.
• Learn to use GWT Utility and framework classes.
• Learn to incorporate history and bookmarks in your front-ends.
• Learn about GWT's RPC protocol and how to use it.
• Learn to create and use modules in GWT, own or external.
• Learn to use advanced panels, more widgets, trees in GWT.
• Learn to use RichTextArea for styled editing in GWT.
• Learn to use CSS styling of GWT Widgets.
• Learn to develop own composite widgets.
• Learn to develop and execute tests and benchmarks in GWT.
• Discover the GWT's Java Emulator, its capabilities and limitations.
• Learn to use GWT's DOM management.
• Learn to use JSON within GWT.
• Learn to retrieve and show external URLs in GWT forms.
• Learn the mechanics of integrating Javascript with Java.
• Learn advanced connectivity mechanisms, polling and related concepts.
• Learn some best practices on performance and avoiding pit falls.

Class Outline

1. The GWT Concept
   1. Dynamic HTML
   2. The GWT Solution
   3. So What is GWT?
   4. The GWT Compiler
   5. GWT Design Axioms
   6. Getting Started with GWT
   7. Creating a GWT Project
   8. A GWT Project Structure
   9. Executing a GWT Project
   10. Using GWT with Legacy Web Apps
   11. GWT Module Configuration
   12. GWT Module Entry Point
   13. Development Mode versus Web Mode
   14. Our Class Project: A Film Rental Application
2. GWT User Interfaces
   1. GWT User Interfaces
   2. Creating and Configuring Widgets
   3. Widget Hierarchy
   4. Widget Behavior
   5. Using the RootPanel
   6. Basic Styling
   7. Some Basic Widgets
3. Organizing User Interfaces in GWT
   1. Laying Out Widgets into Panels
   2. Various GWT Layouts
   3. FlowPanel
   4. HorizontalPanel and Vertical Panel
   5. The RootPanel
   6. DockPanel, DockLayoutPanel, SplitLayoutPanel, and LayoutPanel
   7. Using Grid
   8. Using FlexTable
   9. Using ScrollPanel
   10. Using PopupPanel and DecoratedPopupPanel
   11. Dialog Boxes
   12. The DisclosurePanel
4. Event Handling in GWT
   1. Event Handling in User Interfaces
   2. The GWT Event Model
   3. Using Event Handlers
   4. Types of Events
   5. FormPanel Events
5. Images and Resources
   1. Using Images in GWT
   2. The GWT Image Widget
   3. Prefetching Images
   4. Using ImageBundle and ClientBundle
   5. Creating a Client Bundle for Images and Text
   6. Using a Client Bundle
   7. More on Client Bundles
6. GWT Utility Classes
   1. GWT and Cookies
   2. The GWT Random Class
   3. Animation in GWT
   4. Uploading Files in GWT
   5. The GWT Class
   6. The GWT Window Class
   7. The Window.Location Class
   8. The GWT Timer Class
7. History and Bookmarks in GWT
   1. History and Bookmarks in GWT
   2. Using Hyperlink Widgets
   3. Managing History
   4. The History Token
   5. Adding New History Items
   6. The History Handler
   7. Handling Bookmarks
8. RPC Protocol in GWT
   1. Why a New Protocol?
   2. RPC Protocol in GWT
   3. GWT RPC Basics
   4. Steps to RPC: Code Components
   5. RPC Components
   6. Setting the Servlet Path in a Module
   7. Creating an Invocation Target
   8. RPC Events
   9. No Synchronous RPC in GWT
   10. Data Serialization
9. Using Modules in GWT
   1. GWT Modules
   2. Using External Modules
   3. Modularizing An Application
   4. Deferred Binding
   5. Multiple-Module Applications
   6. Code Splitting
10. More on GWT User Interfaces
    1. Using ToggleButton and PushButton
    2. Using DecoratorPanel
    3. Using AbsolutePanel
    4. Using HTMLPanel
    5. Using FocusPanel
    6. Using HorizontalSplitPanel and VerticalSplitPanel
    7. Using StackPanel
    8. Using TabPanel
    9. The DeckPanel
    10. Using TabPanel
    11. Using Menus via a MenuBar
    12. Using a Tree Widget
    13. Using SuggestBox
    14. GWT RichTextArea Editing
    15. FormPanel
    16. Using DeferredCommand
11. GWT UiBinder and SafeHtml
    1. What is UiBinder?
    2. UiBinder Benefits
    3. UiBinder Templates
    4. Creating a UiBinder in Eclipse
    5. What Is SafeHtml?
12. Styling with CSS in GWT
    1. Syling with CSS in GWT
    2. GWT Visual Themes
    3. Styling Widgets in GWT
    4. Associating CSS Files with a Module
    5. Dependent Style in Widgets
    6. More ClientBundle Elements: CSS Resources, Data Resources, and External Resources
13. Creating Composite GWT Widgets
    1. Custom GWT Widgets
    2. Composite GWT Widgets
    3. Developing Composite Widgets
    4. Using Composite Widgets
14. Testing and Debugging GWT Modules in GWT
    1. Testing and Debugging GWT Modules
    2. Unit Testing Concepts
    3. The JUnit Test Framework
    4. Writing a JUnit Test Case
    5. GWT Unit Testing with GWTTestCase
    6. Running junitCreator
    7. Testing Asynchronous Code
    8. GWT System Testing
    9. GWT User Interface Testing
15. More Server Integration Options in GWT
    1. More Server Integration Options in GWT
    2. Using HTTP Requests
    3. Manipulating an XML DOM
    4. Integrating Using JSON
16. GWT JavaScript Native Interface
    1. GWT JavaScript Native Interface
    2. Defining JSNI Methods
    3. Sharing Data between JavaScript and Java
    4. Talking to the Browser via JSNI
    5. Using External JavaScript
    6. Using a JavaScriptObject in GWT
    7. Java Callbacks from External JavaScript
    8. Using External Libraries
17. Advanced GWT Connectivity
    1. Stateful and Stateless Servers
    2. Using Stateful Servers
    3. Handling Exceptions
18. Client-Side RPC Architecture in GWT
    1. Client-Side RPC Architecture
    2. Client-Side Pull versus Push
    3. Polling Protocols
19. GWT Best Practices
    1. Security Issues
    2. Performance Concerns
    3. Internationalization in GWT
    4. GWT Pitfalls and Issues
    5. Testing Practices for GWT
    6. Bandwidth-Sensitive Applications

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Fair knowledge of Java programming language
• Basic understanding HTML, CSS, Javascript and their relationships

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

• Some foundation in widget-based Form development using events
• Basic knowledge of HTTP protocol

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

• Onsite and Instructor-led Online course technical requirements and setup instructions.
• WebEx system requirements for Instructor-led Online delivery option.