GWT in Action, Second Edition

Chapter 5. Using client bundles

 

This chapter covers

• Examining ClientBundles and DataResources
• Creating and using text and image resources
• Dealing efficiently with styling problems using CSS resources

 

In this chapter we’ll take a look at how access to images, binary documents, text files, stylesheets, and other static resources GWT uses can be optimized at compile time through the use of the ClientBundle.

Typically, a web application will request each needed resource individually, making no attempt to bundle similar resources and requiring a new connection for each. Where load times are concerned, connection count is the enemy. Each connection requires a nontrivial amount of time to set up, so anything that you can do to reduce ...