Well... ...to have something similar to this in the OFBiz UI : http://opensourcestrategies.com/images/opentaps_gwt_demo.htm
2009/2/4 David E Jones <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> > > What for? > > -David > > > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Bruno Busco wrote: > > It seems opentaps is going to use GWT. >> Shouldn't we consider using it? >> -Bruno >> >> 2009/2/2 Jeroen van der Wal <jvander...@stromboli.it> >> >> Dear Harmeet, >>> >>> Your GWT approach sounds promising. Could you share more details with >>> us on how you did it and perhaps supply some code? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -Jeroen >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bilgin Ibryam <bibr...@iguanait.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Harmeet, >>>> >>>> Can you show any demo or POC code for gwt integrated with ofbiz? >>>> Do you need to compile and deploy javascipt files in ofbiz after every >>>> change in the screens? >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> >>>> Bilgin >>>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2008, at 4:50 AM, Harmeet Bedi wrote: >>>> >>>> There are a few libraries that are rich with widgets in GWT that can be >>>>> applied. We started with gxt : http://extjs.com/products/gxt/. Some >>>>> >>>> other >>> >>>> good candidates are smartgwt ( http://code.google.com/p/smartgwt/ ) and >>>>> default GWT toolkit and associated google projects have some decent >>>>> >>>> widgets >>> >>>> too. (GWT is under apache license so compatible). >>>>> >>>>> It would be very nice if Ofbiz team can consider more GWT. We could >>>>> provide code.. developer help etc. to promote this. >>>>> We could start with creating a demo that you can see and see if you >>>>> want >>>>> to evaluate this direction more. I feel GWT + HTML is a very good >>>>> choice >>>>> >>>> for >>> >>>> people writing java servers. >>>>> >>>>> GWT theoretically is just a mechanism where you write java code and >>>>> that >>>>> is generated into javascript and dom manipulation, but it is much more. >>>>> - Strong typing in java, debugger support makes it far more productive >>>>> >>>> and >>> >>>> reliable to create rich applications. >>>>> - Due to better approach applied with GWT to rich javascript/ajax/dhtml >>>>> applications.. one can now write much more complex user interfaces. >>>>> i.e. >>>>> take a leap in rich web application capabilities. i.e. write an entire >>>>> webpos in gwt vs. very hard and buggy to write one entirely in >>>>> >>>> javascript. >>> >>>> - Can retain HTML as the frame of application and gwt widgets can >>>>> >>>> contain >>> >>>> html. GWT and ftl templates can play together. So low barrier of entry, >>>>> simple nature of web 1.0 is retained. >>>>> >>>>> Harmeet >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >
