Starting fresh

[ric...@gmail.com]

Hi All,

Question 1

I want to set up the recommended environment for developing and
deploying with GWT

2 caveats

1. running xp pro on the client
2. running xp pro or w2k server on machine where web server can be
installed

What and where should I install stuff?

Question 2

Should I be able to compile the GWT samples and deploy generated files
on any web server (including IIS 5 ) ? Or is there something server
centric that needs to be deployed that depends on specific
implementation of Java ?

Thats all for now, thanks for any suggestions!

Cheers,
Richard.

[Jason Essington]

If it were me ... and someone was forcing me to use Windows :-)

I'd setup the environment as follows...

note, I'll list the tools that I would use mostly because I'm familiar
with them, I have no interest in beginning an IDE / build system /
server war

On 11/16/06, ric...@gmail.com <ric...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. running xp pro on the client

I am assuming this is your development machine. I would begin with the
most recent stable versions of the following
Java JDK 1.5
GWT
ANT
EclipseWTP
gwt-widgets

> 2. running xp pro or w2k server on machine where web server can be installed

If this is you server, then you have some big decisions to make.
if you are going to use GWT's RPC mechanism, then you'll want a
servlet container.
That could be jetty, or tomcat, or if you want a full JEE stack maybe
Glassfish or JBoss

Although you can install IIS in front of any of these servers, it
isn't necessary unless you have a specific need.

and if you are going to run java on the server, you'll need a JDK
again, so that'll be Java 1.5 again.

However, if you aren't planning on using GWT RPC, or servlets or any
other java technology on the server, you won't need the JDK or
tomcat/jboss on your server at all.

> Question 2
>
> Should I be able to compile the GWT samples and deploy generated files
> on any web server (including IIS 5 )?

Well, unless you are using GWT RPC in which case you'll have to have a
java servlet container for IIS to pass your requests off to.

> Or is there something server
> centric that needs to be deployed that depends on specific
> implementation of Java ?

All current java servers should be happy enough with the current (java 1.5) JVM

[ric...@gmail.com]

Thanks Jason!

Any thoughts on best material to read to learn Java, book or website ?

I have 20+ years programming experience, most recently been using C#
and a tiny bit of JavaScript.

[TBT]

Try

http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/new2java/