Don't compile for the MAC and IE* when developing.

[skippy]

When developing locally, I usually only test with one browser. Before
moving to regression testing we test multiple browsers just for the
fun of it.

My question is, is there a way to easily turn off the compiling for
the MAC and Fire Fox when not testing in that space?

I have implemented the localWorker compiler option, but our
application is starting to grow and compile times are on the rise.

Thanks

[Andreas Horst]

Use a working module. That's a very easy way to do this.

2011/11/29 skippy <al.l...@fisglobal.com>

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[Jens]

You can create GWT modules for development/testing for each browser/rendering engine.

For example:

App.gwt.xml //your main app module ready for production

DevApp.gwt.xml //inherits App.gwt.xml but enables logging for development

DevAppSafari.gwt.xml //inherits DevApp.gwt.xml and sets user.agent property to safari (<set-property name="user.agent" value="safari />). This tells the GWT compiler to only compile for Safari/Chrome ( = WebKit browsers)

DevAppGecko.gwt.xml // same as DevAppSafari but with user.agent = gecko1_8 for Firefox.

....

....

Works pretty well. Just make sure to add the "rename-to" attribute from App.gwt.xml to all Dev*.gwt.xml modules so it compiles to the same directory. If your App.gwt.xml does not have such an attribute you also need to add it to all Dev*.gwt.xml modules and set it to the default name of your main app.

You can find a small paragraph about it in http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideOrganizingProjects.html#DevGuideModuleXml . Take a look at "Renaming modules".

-- J.

[skippy]

Thanks, I read that but did not get it at first.

What is the user.agent for IE?

> inhttp://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideOrgan...

[Jens]

Take a look at: http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/browse/trunk/user/src/com/google/gwt/user/UserAgent.gwt.xml

There you'll find all available properties.