Part 1. Getting Started

Chances are if you have picked up this book, you are using GWT in your applications now, or maybe you are coming to GWT for the first time. In chapters 1-3 we are going to make a run through the basics, and help you sidestep land mines along the way. By the time you get through part 1, you should be fluent in the GWT core technologies, and the application design we are going to use and reuse throughout this book.

We will begin with a look at the tried-and-true Model View Controller (MVC) pattern. We are going to harp on this a lot, so you would be well served to see where we are coming from. If you, like many other developers, have used MVC in the context of web development and have done minimal desktop application development, ...

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