Devraj, As of MS2, your best bet is to check out the updated Mail sample to see how to use some of the new 2.0 features (in particular the XML UI descriptors). We'll have more documentation as we move closer to the final release.
- Chris On Oct 22, 7:37 pm, Devraj Mukherjee <dev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Is there any documentation that goes with the milstone releases so we > can read up on howto use some of these news features? > > I am particularly interested in the XML UI descriptors. > > Thanks again. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:43 AM, John LaBanca <jlaba...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > We are excited to release the second milestone build for GWT 2.0 > > today. This milestone is essentially feature complete, and provides > > somewhat more stability in the various bits of core functionality that > > will be coming in GWT 2.0. > > > Please download the distribution from: > >http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/downloads/list?can=1&q=2.... > > > Milestone 2 contains a couple new features and changes from MS1: > > * Layout Panels: Layout panels have been refined since MS1. In > > particular, the TabLayoutPanel has been introduced, and UiBinder has > > been extended to support it and StackLayoutPanel. Layout panels use > > native css, so they resize with the window smoothly (IE6 uses active > > layout to achieve the same effect, but it is still fast in most > > cases). When paired with UIBinder, users can create applications > > faster than ever. (Read more about UiBinder under Declarative User > > Interface, below.) > > > Breaking changes in MS2: > > * The way arguments are passed to the GWT testing infrastructure has > > been revamped (and changed slightly from MS1). There is now a > > consistent syntax to support arbitrary "runstyles", including user- > > written with no changes to GWT. Though this does not affect common > > launch configs, some of the less common ones will need to be updated. > > For example: > > * '-selenium localhost:4444/*firefox' has become > > '-runStyle Selenium:localhost:4444/*firefox' > > * '-remoteweb rmi://localhost/ff3' has become > > '-runStyle RemoteWeb:rmi://localhost/ff3' > > * '-manual 5' has become '-runStyle Manual:5' > > Note: run style names must be capitalized (ex. Selenium). > > > Known Issues in MS2: > > * LayoutPanels only work in strict mode, but new GWT applications are > > created in quirks mode by default. You must manually switch your > > application to strict mode by changing the DOCTYPE at the top of your > > application's html file. Existing widgets that do not work correctly > > in strict mode (ex. StackPanel) now have a LayoutPanel counterpart > > that does work in strict mode (ex. StackLayoutPanel). > > * Connecting multiple browsers at the same time in development mode > > can cause the development mode server to crash. You can avoid this by > > waiting for each browser to start your app before connecting another > > browser. > > * If you are planning to run the webAppCreator, i18nCreator, or the > > junitCreator scripts on Mac or Linux, please set the executable bits > > by doing a 'chmod +x *Creator' > > * Our HtmlUnit integration is still not complete. Additionally, > > HtmlUnit does not do layout. So tests can fail either because they > > exercise layout or they hit bugs due to incomplete integration. If you > > want such tests to be ignored on HtmlUnit, please annotate the test > > methods with @DoNotRunWith({Platform.Htmlunit}) > > > To reiterate, here are a few key notes from the Milestone 1 > > announcement... > > * Terminology changes: We're going to start using the term > > "development mode" rather than the old term "hosted mode." The term > > "hosted mode" was sometimes confusing to people, so we'll be using the > > more descriptive term from now on. For similar reasons, we'll be using > > the term "production mode" rather than "web mode" when referring to > > compiled script. > > > * Changes to the distribution: Note that there's only one download, > > and it's no longer platform-specific. You download the same zip file > > for every development platform. This is made possible by the new > > plugin approach used to implement development mode (see below). The > > distribution file does not include the browser plugins themselves; > > those are downloaded separately the first time you use development > > mode in a browser that doesn't have the plugin installed. > > > * In-Browser Development Mode: Prior to 2.0, GWT hosted mode provided > > a special-purpose "embedded browser" to debug your GWT code. In 2.0, > > the web page being debugged is viewed within a standard browser. > > Development mode is supported through the use of a native-code plugin > > for each browser. In other words, you can use development mode > > directly from Safari, Firefox, IE, and Chrome. > > > * Code Splitting: Developer-guided code splitting allows you to chunk > > your GWT code into multiple fragments for faster startup. With code > > splitting, you can arrange to load just the minimum script needed to > > get the application running and the user interacting, while the rest > > of the app is downloaded as needed. > > > * Declarative User Interface: GWT's UiBinder now allows you to create > > user interfaces mostly declaratively. Previously, widgets had to be > > created and assembled programmatically, requiring lots of code. Now, > > you can use XML to declare your UI, making the code more readable, > > easier to maintain, and faster to develop. The Mail sample has been > > updated to use the new declarative UI. > > > * Bundling of resources (ClientBundle): GWT has shipped with > > ImageBundles since GWT v1.4, giving developers automatic spriting of > > images. ClientBundle generalizes this technique, bringing the power of > > combining and optimizing resources into one download to things like > > text files, CSS, and XML. This means fewer network round trips, which > > in turn can decrease application latency -- especially on mobile > > applications. > > > * Using HtmlUnit for running GWT tests: GWT 2.0 no longer uses SWT or > > the old mozilla code (on linux) to run GWT tests. Instead, GWT 2.0 now > > supports HtmlUnit as the built-in browser for testing. HtmlUnit is > > 100% Java. This means there is a single GWT distribution for linux, > > mac, and windows, and debugging GWT Tests in development mode can be > > done entirely in a Java debugger. Production mode tests can still be > > run in any browser via HtmlUnit (default), manual mode, GWT's remote > > web, or Selenium depending on your use of -runStyle. Development mode > > tests can also be run using any browser that has the Development mode > > plugin installed (HtmlUnit has it by default). > > > As always, remember that GWT milestone builds like this are use-at- > > your-own-risk and we don't recommend it for production use. Please > > report any bugs you encounter to the GWT issue tracker > > (http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/list) after doing > > a quick search to see if your issue has already been reported. > > > -- John LaBanca, on behalf of the Google Web Toolkit team > > -- > "The secret impresses no-one, the trick you use it for is everything" > - Alfred Borden (The Prestiege) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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