Minimal Set of files for deployment on web server for gwt1.4 application

[Neeraj Upreti]

Hi all,

When i compile my gwt1.4 application i get the following files-

a set of ".cache.html" files, a set of ".cache.js" files , a
nocache.js file, gwt.js file, a png file, a rpc file, and a set
of .cache.xml files and other application resources.

I want to know what is the minimal set of files required to deploy
the application on the web server.
Do I need to include all of the files mentioned above?

or some files can be skipped?

Please help me in this regard..

Thanks in advance,
Neeraj

[Isaac Truett]

I filter out the following in my build:

*.cache.xml
*.cache.js
*-xs.nocache.js
gwt.js
hosted.html

[Neeraj Upreti]

Thanks very much .. it worked .. I was able to cut the size of deploy
files by about 2.5 MB ..

Neeraj

On Oct 30, 6:06 pm, "Isaac Truett" <itru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I filter out the following in my build:
>
> *.cache.xml
> *.cache.js
> *-xs.nocache.js
> gwt.js
> hosted.html
>

> On 10/30/07, Neeraj Upreti <neeraj.upret...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > When i compile my gwt1.4 application i get the following files-
>
> > a set of ".cache.html" files, a set of ".cache.js" files , a
> > nocache.js file, gwt.js file, a png file, a rpc file, and a set
> > of .cache.xml files and other application resources.
>
> > I want to know what is the minimal set of files required to deploy
> > the application on the web server.
> > Do I need to include all of the files mentioned above?
>
> > or some files can be skipped?
>
> > Please help me in this regard..
>
> > Thanks in advance,

> > Neeraj- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[Eric Ayers]

I asked around here amongst the GWT team here about this optimization.

The *.cache.js files are mirrors of the *.cache.html file (the latter
are needed because IE can't handle compressed Javascript properly)

Check out the Knowledge Base http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77858&topic=13006

In a nutshell, this trick saves you space on the server, but you may
be able to get faster load times on non-IE browsers by leaving the
*.cache.js files intact.

-Eric.

[Neeraj Upreti]

Hi Eric,

Can you tell me the use of gwt.js and png file created in the
compilation process.

Neeraj

On Oct 30, 10:19 pm, Eric Ayers <gwt.team.zun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked around here amongst the GWT team here about this optimization.
>
> The *.cache.js files are mirrors of the *.cache.html file (the latter
> are needed because IE can't handle compressed Javascript properly)
>

> Check out the Knowledge Basehttp://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77858&topic=13006

[Eric Ayers]

Hi Neeraj,

The 'gwt.js' file is for compatibility with projects that were created before the 1.4 release.  It includes an alternative way to bind one of the '.cache' files to your browsers/locale combination.

I do not see a .png file when I create a new project and compile it.  That .png file is probably copied from your 'public' directory if you have put some images in there that go along with your host page.

I do see a file named 'clear.cache.gif' that is an image just 1 pixel wide that is clear and is used to implement the image clipping in the Image class.

-Eric.

[Freeland Abbott]

If Neeraj's project defines an ImageBundle, that's another likely source of the .png "created in the compile process."  If that's it, the bundle is basically a composite image; GWT will download that in one shot instead of pulling the however-many images individually; it then uses cropping to separate the constituent sub-images.