Chapter 4. Core Application Structure

This chapter covers

  • Creating composite view components
  • Data binding for the model and view
  • The relationship of the controller to the RPC service layer
  • Using JPA in the model
  • Completing a front-to-back GWT application, client, and server

You must unlearn what you have learned.

Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)

You have been building web applications for years now. The flaws in the process are obvious, but if you are like us, coping with these flaws has become second nature. You know GWT provides a whole new metaphor for web development, and chapter 2’s calculator example demonstrated that GWT development is much more like traditional desktop application development. Now you can hit rewind on your experiences ...

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