Hi everyone, Last month, I announced some of the changes we had planned for the 1.3 version of the Google Plugin for Eclipse. To recap, this release is focused on making life easier for developers using GWT/App Engine alongside third-party tools, including Maven and Eclipse for Java EE. In my post, I promised we'd let you download a preview of 1.3 to get some hands-on testing of the new features and provide us with your feedback before the official release.
I'm happy to announce that the time has come. An early preview of 1.3 is now available for download at the following URLs: http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.5/zips/com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.e35.feature_1.2.101.v201003031407.zip http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.4/zips/com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.e34.feature_1.2.101.v201003031407.zip http://dl.google.com/eclipse/plugin/3.3/zips/com.google.gdt.eclipse.suite.e33.feature_1.2.101.v201003031407.zip Note: Ensure that your version of Eclipse has Eclipse's Web Standard Tools (WST) installed before installing the plugin. WST can be installed by navigating to the Software Installation section, and selecting the the appropriate WST feature from the update site for your version of Eclipse. The update sites and feature names are provided below: - 3.5 (Galileo): Galileo > Web, XML, and Java EE Development > Eclipse Web Developer Tools - 3.4 (Ganymede): Ganymede Update Site > Web and Java EE Development > Web Developer Tools - 3.3 (Europa): Europa Discovery Site > Web and JEE Development > Web Standard Tools Project This is a preview build, so the usual caveats and warnings apply: it is not officially supported, and we recommend using a clean installation of Eclipse and a new workspace. Also, we're distributing this preview as a zip file so be sure to follow the instructions on our Installing the Google Plugin for Eclipse from zip files page ( http://code.google.com/eclipse/docs/install-from-zip.html). *Known Issues* - If you change launch configuration settings in the Server or GWT tab, you'll need to switch to the Arguments tab before clicking Apply or Run/Debug. This will be fixed in the final release. That being said, we are very interested in your experience with this new release, which we hope will allow the Google plugin to interoperate much better with alternative project structures and third-party tools. The tentative 1.3 release notes are as follows: Enhancements - Configurable WAR directory to allow better integration with Eclipse for Java EE <http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jee.php> and projects built with Maven <http://maven.apache.org/> - Web Application launch configurations now display and allow editing of generated Program and VM arguments - Errors/Warnings preference page for customizing the severity of any generated problem marker - Projects can reference GWT/App Engine SDKs directly via JARs instead of through SDK library - GWT+App Engine projects automatically configured for optimal caching Fixes - GWT Issue 3583<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3583>: Google Eclipse Plugin configuration is too strict - GWT Issue 3592<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3592>: Eclipse plugin to add 'cache forever' configuration for new 'GWT + App Engine' projects - GWT Issue 3902<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=3902>: Allow users to configure the severity of problems reported by the eclipse plugin - App Engine Issue 1515<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1515>: Eclipse plugin requires fixed location for war directory - App Engine Issue 2115<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2115>: Using the @PersistenceAware annotation puts the Eclipse Enhancer in an Infinite Loop - App Engine Issue 1941<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1941>: Plugin fails to enhance dependent classes on source level changes For a complete list of fixed issues, see the GWT issue tracker<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/list?can=1&q=label:GPE_1_3> and App Engine issue tracker<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list?can=1&q=label:GPE_1_3> . We encourage all interested developers to take the preview build for a spin, and let us know what you think. We'll do everything possible to incorporate your feedback before the final release, slated for later this month. Thanks! Keith, on behalf of the Google Plugin for Eclipse team -- 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-tool...@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.
