Mac OS X support for authoring

[ed209]

Can't believe the compiletime environment binds to Linux/GTK and to
Windows but not Mac OS X.

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/faq.html#requirements

It's understandable perhaps that a full Cocoa port might be onerous,
but surely GTK on OS X could have been included as a minimum, and how
about CocoaJava?

What are you thinking guys? When will you fix this?

[guillerm...@gmail.com]

Stop complaining, they just released it today... :)

I think the lack of an OSX version has to do with the embedded web
browser, which probably isn't available for OSX. However, I'm sure they
will eventually release it, and soon.

[sand...@gmail.com]

I hope so. I really prefer to work in OS X.

[Mike]

sand...@gmail.com wrote:
> I hope so. I really prefer to work in OS X.

I too am very keen on an OS X version.

Mike C.

[Colin]

+1000

There are a lot of professional Java developers (i.e. me) who have
switched to Macs. OSX is a fantastic platform to develop Java on, and
now they're Intel it's really fast too. I'd settle for just the
compiler to start if the browser is problematic.

[Rich]

The embedded browser shouldn't be a problem, provided Google are happy
to use the SWT library that Eclipse uses. That provides a way of
embedding the Safari browser...

Perhaps it's because it's the Safari browser that gets embedded rather
than Firefox?

[rick]

Here's another bump for OS X. Come on google -- it's the up and coming
OS! While you're at it, get the SketchUp! OS X port out the door!

[inca...@gmail.com]

Another bump for the OS X version, please. =)

[Tom Davies]

The compiler works now.

Download the linux bersion and run the XXX-compile scripts in the
samples.

You can do GWT development on OS X, but you need to deploy to your app
server, you can't use hosted mode.

Tom

[bache...@gmail.com]

+1

Support for OSX and *cough* IDEA *cough*

[Bret Taylor]

He he, with demand like this, how can we refuse? Mac OS X is
definitely a priority for us, and it will come in the not-too-distant
future. We focused on Linux after Windows first because Google uses
Linux primarily internally, but we totally understand the demand for
Mac OS support.

Bret Taylor
Product Manager, GWT
bta...@google.com

[Thomas]

Yes!!

[neil....@gmail.com]

Good stuff! Thanks.

[Eelco Hillenius]

+1

Eelco

[CDub]

Eagerly awaiting an OS X version. I'm still playing with it on XP in
the mean time...

[Essington]

+1 here too

[Scott Ganyo]

+1 on OS X!

It is so disheartening to see all these tools and apps come out of
Google that don't support OS X and Safari!

[Nathan Sobo]

Add one more to the OS X request list.

[silvan...@gmail.com]

+1 on MacOS X!

[Bart-Jan]

hi Bret,

Bret Taylor wrote:
> He he, with demand like this, how can we refuse? Mac OS X is
> definitely a priority for us, and it will come in the not-too-distant
> future.

Well, if it becomes available on MacOS X we will look into it (gladly
:-)

TIA,

Bart-Jan.

[truth...@gmail.com]

+1

Nice work guys.

I want to take this moment to appreciate google, for not just "Not
being evil" but for being really good people.

You didn't have to release this wonderful package, you could have just
held your cards and profitted off the applications you build. You could
have sold it to us.

But no, you gave it away. Thank you for appreciating the value of the
commons.

Much love engineers, much love.

[Chester]

Another vote for Mac OS X support. And kudos for the great work!

[awesome]

+1 for Mac OS X support. GWT is really amazing! Already started
experimenting it. Thank you Google!

[Exabrial]

+2

( I have two macs)

[emma]

+1! :-) And Google Calendar in Safari too, please ;-)

[UmassThrower]

+1 for my powerbook
+1 for my server
+4 for the 4 macs at work
+1 for my bosses powerbook
(+1) int he future for the macbook I'm lookin at :-)

[bab...@gmail.com]

+1

Support for OSX
IDEA support would be really handy also..

[I.O.]

me too! me too! :-D   Luckily I'm TRANSFERABLE between Java and .NET! eehehehehe

Anyway~ from the JavaONE roadmap, Java getting better! PLUS GWT! wow!

I want GWT for Inter Mac! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssseeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

oh ya! I dont mind whether it is open source or not~ as long as the compiled GWT app
are free~~~~ eheheheh :-P

[Ara]

+1 for OS X. I'll use it at work if I can play around with it on my
Powerbook :-)

-Ara-

[Thudu]

+1

OSX is the cool operating system to develop these cool widgets

[Bruce Johnson]

+1

After this amount of interest, I decided to switch to OS X yesterday to see what all the fuss was about.  It's fantastic. 

Downside: Now I'm feeling the pain of us not having porting to OS X yet! 

-- Bruce
GWT Tech Lead

[Dave Shawley]

Well I'll throw +5 in for me :p (3 Macs, 1 FreeBSD, 1 Windooz). Keep up
the good work guys.
-dave

[I.O.]

+2 again! sorry for double post :-P coz now i really need it for retail system

[ScienceMan]

I have an application for which I *really* need the GWT to work hosted
from a Max OS X server, which holds all of our other relevant pieces.
Have most of it written and can develop on Linux, but would prefer to
deploy in OSX Server as it is the host for the rest of our environment.

Can you give a hint -- early preview -- etc. for GWT support on OS X
(Eclipse preferred)? Pleased respond...

[Jason Essington]

Just compile and deploy the application on your server as a .war file

I'm doing GWT development on OS X and deploying to JBoss running on
OS X just fine.

Hosted mode is not a necessity for development (Though I would
imagine that it may help speed things along).

-jason

[Catalin...@gmail.com]

Seems like a great tool. Thank you Google! Hope to have it running on
my MacBook ASAP :)

[glenn....@gmail.com]

Ditto on the request for OS X support from me.

Glenn.

[chris.f.jones]

+7 for our devs here that use mac.
Hosted mode and debug would be nice, but being able to run a
GWTTestCase on a mac is a much higher priority IMO. We've held off on
any serious use of GWT in our product until we can get some proper
tests around the code we write. Since we all run on macs, we can't use
GWT yet and are stuck trying to make things work with dwr and a ton of
javascript :(

[lloyd...@gmail.com]

+1 for me

I see the Mac OSx support is marked as a known issue in the bug list.
which means it won't be fixed in the next release?! Come on guys,
you've had months to do this. Google are getting a fairly bad rep for
not bothering to support Macs. We've waited patiently this long and
want to use GWT in earnest, can't you help us out here?

[markcm]

+1 for me as well.

To be honest I was kinda expecting a release at WWDC.

[Jason Essington]

This is purely speculation on my part, but, webkit (safari) doesn't
have the necessary hooks yet to allow debugging.

However the latest nightly builds of webkit do include some hooks and
it even includes a javascript debugger. I'm not sure if the new
debugging hooks are enough for GWT yet, but it looks promising.

I don't think that GWT will be able to release an OS X version until
a newer version of Safari is available unless they go with a non-mac
solution and use the mozilla engine or something.

however, as we do all of our development on OS X, I'm waiting
patiently for a OS X solution as well.

-jason

[Catalin...@gmail.com]

Jason Essington wrote:
> however, as we do all of our development on OS X, I'm waiting
> patiently for a OS X solution as well.
>

GWT 1.1 was released three days ago and still nothing. I'm quite
disappointed :(

[billsharar]

+1 more for OS X authoring!

I don't understand the delay. Google, Java developers love the Mac!

[Ivan Ooi]

+10 from our team. we all using MacBook and iBook 10.4

[Jason Essington]

I think I've heard that Safari doesn't include the necessary hooks to
create a mac version, and Google would have to use a Mozilla solution
(similar to Linux).

Still, I'm not having too much trouble authoring on OS X as is. My
only gripe is the speed of the gwt compiler. It takes just over a
minute to compile my application on a dual 2ghz G5, which does slow
down the development cycle a bit.

It would be nice if perhaps each [dependent] module could be compiled
into its own file that way the compiler would only have to recompile
changed modules rather than the whole project. I'm not sure if that
is logistically feasible, but the theory sounds reasonable.

-jason

[juan]

+1 hurry up!! go for mac ;)

[Aviral Bansal]

+1 for me. Although the compiler works, would be easier to have the
debugger/browser combo running on OSX

[scott.e...@gmail.com]

+1 for me. I run the Lake Forest CocoaHeads and attend OCJUG, and in
both groups, I have seen substantial interest in the GWT by Mac-using
developers. I suspect getting a Mac-compatible build would increase
take-up.

For what it is worth, _every_ developer in these groups either uses an
intel mac exclusively or primarily.

Scott

[curmudgeon]

FWIW, all our Java developers have switched to OS X on Intel - I'm
writing this on a MacBook Pro - and we are even rolling out Mac Minis
as our new desktop PC for coporate users (albeit on XP via Boot Camp -
but in future we are looking to OS X as our roll-out platform of
choice). I've been doing my GWT development in an XP virtual machine
under Parallels Desktop, but still I'd prefer to stay completely in the
OS X environment.

So Please Please Please - OS X support ASAP!

Thanks

Jeff

[Rich]

+30 developers here at work. We use Macs, and IntelliJ.

[Eric]

Rich wrote:
> +30 developers here at work. We use Macs, and IntelliJ.

I also vote for full Mac OS X support -- development/authoring,
debugging, hosting, client, and server. The whole 9 yards.

[Scott Blum]

The moment we've all been waiting for...

http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=91

:)

--Scott

[Jason Essington]

Way to go Scott!

Now all we need is the RC to check it out :-)

-jason