Presentation: "A Business Case for Ajax with GWT"
Time:
Monday 11:00 - 12:00
Location:
Café Scene, Exhibition Hall
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Presentation: "Google Web Toolkit: Techniques for Building Desktop-style Applications"
Track:
Java Rich Client Development
Time:
Tuesday 16:00 - 16:45
Location:
Conference Hall
Abstract: The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java-centric framework for creating AJAX applications. GWT cross-compiles Java source into JavaScript, allowing Java developers to use their existing Java skills and tools to easily create AJAX applications with virtually no learning curve. After a short introduction to GWT, we will dive quickly into a few key topics related to creating "desktop-like" applications, such as the model-view-controller pattern and providing rich user feedback.
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Bruce Johnson is a Google Software Engineer and tech lead of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). Prior to joining Google, Bruce cut his product teeth as lead developer of AppForge's MobileVB product. His experience writing a Visual Basic cross-compiler was slightly fun (in a masochistic way), designing a portable version of Microsoft COM for non-MS embedded devices was much funner, but, without question, cross-compiling Java into JavaScript for GWT is the funnest. Despite his recent Java focus, Bruce will always be a Bjarne Stroustrup groupie, and he keeps a copy of D&E in his night-stand.
