We're happy to say that the first Release Candidates for the Google API
Libraries for Google Web Toolkit
<http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis/>are now ready to be taken
for a test drive.

The project is a collection of libraries that provide Java language bindings
and API specific 'plumbing' for some Google JavaScript APIs. The goal is to
make it easy for developers to use these JavaScript APIs with GWT. Libraries
available at this time include a new version of Gears, as well as new
libraries for Gadgets and the Google AJAX Search API.

Gears 1.1 Library (Release Candidate)
A new version of the Gears library is available. In addition to the earlier
version's support for the Gears LocalServer, Database, and WorkerPool, 1.1
adds integrated support for offline applications and updated sample
applications. The bindings have also been refactored to use GWT 1.5
JavaScript overlay types and a new package hierarchy.

Gadgets 1.0 Library (Release Candidate)
The Gadgets library simplifies gadget development with GWT by automatically
generating a Gadget specification from Java source and inserting a selection
script in the specification much like a regular GWT project. After compiling
your gadget with GWT, all files are in place to publish your gadget. This
version currently supports the legacy Gadgets API based on the _IG_...
namespace.

Google AJAX Search 1.0 Library (Release Candidate)
The Google AJAX Search API lets you put Google Search in your web pages,
including Web, Local, and Multimedia searches. This library allows you to
access the API from Java code compiled with the GWT compiler without having
to write additional JavaScript code.

If you've been following the early milestone builds, you may also be aware
that a Google Maps API Library for GWT is in the works. Stay tuned for a
release candidate for that library.

With this set of release candidates, each library is now distributed
separately so that you can download only the specific library you are
interested in.

We encourage you to try these release candidates out and give us feedback,
either through the issue
tracker<http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis/issues/list>on
code.google.com, or through the
Google-Web-Toolkit<http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit>or
Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors<http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors>
 group.

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Google API Libraries for GWT Team