GWT in Action, Second Edition

List of Figures

Chapter 1. GWT

Figure 1.1. Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and was one of the early web applications to influence the new paradigm of web applications that work like a traditional desktop application.

Figure 1.2. This is an artist’s rendering of what the GWT compiler is responsible for. This figure doesn’t cover everything the compiler does, but it does provide a high-level overview of how Java code (on the left) is compiled into JavaScript code.

Figure 1.3. An example of a user-built AddressBook widget. It’s made up of at least eight different types of widgets and dozens of instances. Some of the widgets are used for layout, like the VerticalPanel, and others will react based on user events, like the Button.

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