Hi Sunit The GWT team tries very hard to not introduce breaking changes to the API, but in some cases it is necessary for progress.
Sometimes changes that are made (That aren't breaking changes to the core GWT api) unintentionally effect third party libraries, particularly ones that are wrappers, or that perform funky JSNI magic. In either case, if an upgraded GWT causes problems with a third party library, you are at the mercy of that library's authors to update their code ... if it is an open source library, you are in a similar boat as with your own code, you can fix it, and submit a patch. but at that point, you have a forked copy pending acceptance of your patch. This is a caveat with any 3rd party lib for any platform, not unique to GWT. So my statement isn't indicating that you shouldn't make use of 3rd party libs, just that you might need to wait a bit before upgrading when new releases come out. As for new widgets being added to GWT itself, Have a look at the GWT- Incubator. That is sort of a development space where proposed GWT widgets mature before inclusion in GWT proper. It is also a space where outsiders (non-Google employees) have a little more leeway in directing the course of new widgets, so if there is something specific you are looking for that would add value to the community in general, you can make your proposal, and submit code to Incubator, I'm sure it would be appreciated. -jason On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Sunit Katkar wrote: > I have just started working on a prototype of our application using > GWT. Mike Shaffer, here on the list, has been very kind to help with > some questions I had about migrating a Struts/JSP UI to a GWT UI. > > For now I am sticking with the standard GWT widgets. Maybe this is > the wrong thread to ask, but my questions are (and sorry for > sounding dumb, but this GWT is new to me) > 1) If I use GWT-<some widget lib> then how easy is it to upgrade > when GWT comes up with a newer version? I understand that if Google > changes the event model or some such thing then I have to change my > code too, but vis-a-vis widgets, would these 3rd party libs be > compatible? > 2) Is there is any timeline or roadmap from Google when they would > include some new widgets or provide a way to make the existing > widgets more 'sexy' like the 3rd party libs? > > > - Sunit Katkar > http://sunitkatkar.blogspot.com/ - Android OS Tutorials > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
