ongwt.com

This is a slide extract from John Resig presentation. Even if I respect a lot John for JQuery, I don't agree with him about what he thinks about GWT : GWT is not about java. It is about using a object oriented language to build ajax applications. And I think that Javascript, PHP and .NET developers will love GWT.

Thinking about the difference between frameworks

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adobe.com :

The new Adobe AIR runtime enables Ajax developers to build rich Internet applications (RIAs) that deploy on the desktop. AIR applications run across operating systems on the WebKit HTML engine and are easily delivered using a single installer file. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use their existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web.

I think it is possible to run a GWT application on the AIR runtime. I would be interested to know anyone's experience in implementing it.

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/develop/ajax/

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Ajax On Java :

This practical guide shows you how to make your Java web applications more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, including suggestion lists, drag-and-drop, and more. Java developers can choose between many different ways of incorporating Ajax, from building JavaScript into your applications "by hand" to using the new Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
The book branches out into different approaches for incorporating Ajax, which include:

• The Prototype and script.aculo.us Javascript libraries, the Dojo and Rico libraries, and DWR

• Integrating Ajax into Java ServerPages (JSP) applications

• Using Ajax with Struts

• Integrating Ajax into Java ServerFaces (JSF) applications

• Using Google's GWT, which offers a pure Java approach to developing web applications: your client-side components are written in Java, and compiled into HTML and JavaScript

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shane :

The well-known computer book publisher Manning has done an early release for 4 Ajax books. The co-author of two of them is the author of Ajax In Action, one of the first Ajax books to come out in October of 2005. The new titles are :

• "Ajax In Practice" by Dave Crane, Jord Sonneveld and Bear Bibeault with Ted Goddard, Chris Gray and Ram Venkataraman
• "GWT In Action" by Robert Hanson and Adam Tacy
• "ASP.Net Ajax In Action" by Alessandro Gallo, David Barkol, and Rama Krishna Vavilala (not available from Amazon yet)
• "Prototype and Scriptaculous Quickly" by Dave Crane and Bear Bibeault with Tom Locke

Manning Releases 4 Ajax Books

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