Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Google toolkit developer tool enhanced

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Jan 26, 20071 min

Instantiations next Tuesday will announce the release of GWT Designer 1.5, a development tool for the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) that builds AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications using Java. Featured is new support for development on Linux. Windows already had been supported. Based on Instantiations's WindowBuilderPro Eclipse-based tool, GWT Designer allows developers to build rich Internet applicati

Instantiations next Tuesday will announce the release of GWT Designer 1.5, a development tool for the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) that builds AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications using Java.

Featured is new support for development on Linux. Windows already had been supported.

Based on Instantiations’s WindowBuilderPro Eclipse-based tool, GWT Designer allows developers to build rich Internet applications using Eclipse, Java and GWT without negotiating through the complexities of AJAX coding, the company said. A WYSIWYG construction environment enables dragging and dropping of composites, layouts and controls as well as cutting and pasting of code inside a text editor.

Other new features include

* Backing for GWT releases 1.2 and 1.3.

* Visual inheritance, for reusing code and visual designs and extracting super-classes for reuse. Code quality is improved.

* The ability to ensure valid GWT Java code, in which code is checked for allowed GWT classes and methods. An on-the-fly code audit is performed.

GWT Designer 1.5 is available now for an annual subscription of $39 per year. Current subscribers can upgrade at no cost. A two-week trial copy is available here.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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