Setting up a new GWT project - part 1

Below are steps I took to set up a new GWT project. I realize that this is not a simple step-by-step instruction that someone may follow, but hopefully it will help you in some way. 

• Create a new Java project in Eclipse 
  
• Create Maven2 pom.xml with all dependencies you may need

Maven gathers all the required jars and builds the war file that will be copied to the Tomcat.

• Ant build.xml file:
  

Ant file coordinates all tasks into simple "single-click".  

<target name="war" depends="clean">

<echo>Maven Executable: ${MAVEN_EXEC}echo>

<exec taskname="mvn war" dir="${basedir}"

executable="${MAVEN_EXEC}">

<arg line="clean compile war:war -Dtarget=${TARGET}" />

exec>

<delete file=".\\target\\csd.war" />

target>




name="gwt_shell" depends="war">

<echo>GWT: starting hosted (dev)echo>

<java taskname="GWT hosted" classpathref="class_path"

classname="com.google.gwt.dev.GWTShell" fork="true"

maxmemory="512m">

<jvmarg line="-verbose ${JVM_ARG_START}" />

<arg line="-out www com.taktico.Main/Main.html" />

java>

target>




<target name="gwt_compile_to_js" depends="war">

<java taskname="GWT compile" classpathref="class_path"

classname="com.google.gwt.dev.GWTCompiler" fork="true"

maxmemory="512m">

<jvmarg line="-verbose ${JVM_ARG_START}" />

<arg line="-logLevel WARN -out www com.taktico.Main" />

java>

target>

• Properties file in src/main/resources (uki.properties)
  

DEPLOY_DIR = /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/csd/

GWT_HOME=/opt/gwt/gwt-mac-1.5.1/

JVM_ARG_START = -XstartOnFirstThread

MAVEN_EXEC=/opt/maven/apache-maven-2.0.9/bin/mvn

• Add  src/com/taktico/public/Main.html
• Add src/com/taktico/Main.gwt.xml

If you can see the HTML  it is a great time to take a break, good job!

If you need a weekend tutoring on any of the subjects mentioned I might be available on weekends for a very reasonable fee plus travel expense if outside the Chicago area, contact: UkiDLucas@mac.com

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