Dietrich Kappe

Dietrich Kappe's Agile Ajax Blog Half a year has passed since I published 36 GWT Tutorials. As expected, several new tutorials have come along that demonstrate deeper, more sophisticated aspects of the framework, as well as addressing specific IDE's and libraries. Ryan Heaton is doing some great work in his blog. This tutorial jams together enunciate (a "convention over configuration" web services deployment framework), maven 2, GWT and Flex to develop an address book application that combines GWT and Flash. Sample code can be checked out from SVN. "Hello World" with IDEA - the first of several GWT tutorials over at developerlife.com. Generously illustrated. Managing History and Hyperlink - thorough explanation of the GWT History mechanism, illustrated with a code-rich... (more)

AJAXWorld Report: GWT & Java EE – Where Are All of the Alligators?

Just a quick update from the latest AJAXWorld conference (which is now over). I gave my talk at AJAXWorld East 2008 and got some interesting reactions. Met a lot of cool folks, put some faces to names, got to sit on a panel with Douglas Crockford. Cool beans. More next week. The talk really had three parts.What is GWT and how do you use it? How do I resurface an existing J2EE app? Where ar... (more)

GWT 1.5 Includes Decent-Looking CSS Themes

Dietrich Kappe's "Agile Ajax" Blog One of the welcome developments in GWT 1.5 was the inclusion of some decent looking CSS themes -- standard. chrome and dark. How can you use them in your GWT app? Just include one of the following lines in your apps .xml file:   more)

Real-World AJAX Book Preview: JavaScript Profiling

This content is reprinted from Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters published by SYS-CON Books. To order the entire book now along with companion DVDs for the special pre-order price, click here for more information. Aimed at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to start developin... (more)

Tuning AJAX Applications for Performance

This content is reprinted from Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters published by SYS-CON Books. To order the entire book now along with companion DVDs for the special pre-order price, click here for more information. Aimed at everyone from enterprise developers to self-taught scripters, Real-World AJAX: Secrets of the Masters is the perfect book for anyone who wants to start developin... (more)