thejavajar

I had a great time in Sarasota last night presenting Taking a Look at the Google Web Toolkit. It was a nice introductory walk-through of what is in place for Java developers to create AJAX, HTML, and Java applications without having to focus on JavaScript libraries and browser compatibility. The group had a lot of great questions and I was overwhelmed with the amount of IT that is going on in the Sarasota area. I would like thank all that attended and Dave from the Sarasota JUG for having me out.

I will be presenting, “Looking at the Google Web Toolkit”, at the Sarasota JUG on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008. It will basically be an intro to GWT, as I am not an expert. We will be looking at what the Google Web Toolkit offers to Java developers and how we might be able to leverage this tool in our Java Web development environments. Here is the presentation abstract:

In this session we will walk through the features of the Google Web Toolkit from a Java developer’s perspective. From installation to application development and deployment, we will see how the Google Web Toolkit can help Java developers get work done. Google Web Toolkit takes our Java code and produces HTML and JavaScript to create a fully functioning Web 2.0/AJAX based Web application. We will discuss problems encountered when developing AJAX Web applications for cross browser support and how the Google Web Toolkit has solved our problems. Of course, we will also look at some code and we will see what it takes to create our own Java Web application with the Google Web Toolkit.

The presentation materials will be online after the presentation and more information can be found at the Sarasota JUG’s site, www.sunjug.org.