Introducing Rich Internet Applications (RIA) -- A short history -- Different approaches -- Introducing Ajax -- Summary -- Introducing Google Web Toolkit (GWT) -- The Basics -- GWT application layout -- Introducing the sample application. - Running the sample application -- Handy Development Tools -- Summary -- Getting Started -- Project Setup / Structure -- Using the utility scripts -- Writing code -- Compiling code -- Running the code -- Debugging the code -- Testing the code -- Summary -- UI Components -- Component Based UI construction -- Widgets.-Panels -- GWT Events -- Summary -- Building Advance UI -- Composite Widgets -- Create Your Own Widgets -- Styling Widgets. - Summary -- Server Integration -- GWT architecture . - RPC mechanism -- Spring Integration -- Different data formats (TODO: rename to Different remoting protocols). - Summary -- Testing GWT Application. - Why Testing?- GWT JUnit integration -- Functional Testing -- Benchmarking -- Summary -- Advanced Topics -- Localization -- ImageBundle -- Back button support.-Reusing exsisting javascript code (JSNI) -- Working directly with DOM -- File Upload -- Summary -- Developing GWT with Eclipse -- Developing GWT with Intellij -- Developing GWT with Maven2 -- Useful Resources.

The open source, lightweight Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a framework that allows Java developers to build rich Internet applications (RIAs), more recently called Ajax applications, in Java. Typically, writing these applications requires a lot of JavaScript development. However, Java and JavaScript are very distinctively different languages (although the name suggests otherwise), therefore requiring a different development process. In Beginning Google Web Toolkit: From Novice to Professional, you’ll learn to build rich, user–friendly web applications using a popular Java–based Ajax web framework, the Google Web Toolkit. The authors will guide you through the complete development of a GWT front-end application with a no–nonsense, down–to–earth approach. You’ll start with the first steps of working with GWT and learn to understand the concepts and consequences of building this kind of application. During the course of the book, all the key aspects of GWT are tackled pragmatically, as you’re using them to build a real–world sample application. Unlike many other books, the inner workings of GWT and other unnecessary details are shelved, so you can focus on the stuff that really matters when developing GWT applications.