GWT was motivated by the complexity of writing AJAX applications. AJAX and Javascript is to web development what assembly is to normal development. Few develop in assembly anymore, and why should we? GWT is a much different way to develop web applications from the past. GWT applications are written in plain-old Java, and are compiled into Javascript to be run on the browser.

The presentation will cover the basic architecture of GWT, some of the freely available tools and unit testing support. A brief demo will be used throughout the presentation, and the session will wrap up with some lessons learned from development of a production application.

Brad Busch is a software engineer with Advantage Consulting, Inc. in St. Louis. He is keenly interested in exploring alternatives to traditional web development.

Andrew Prunicki is a software engineer with Advantage Consulting, Inc. in St. Louis. At a previous assignment, he served as an architect on a GWT-based project.