Jon T. Anderson said
This book didn't have anything spectacular that couldn't be found through a quick search for gwt on the internet. Online samples are easier to follow than the book's examples.
Nicanor Decapia said
What makes this book great is that it sets the tone for beginners and makes it easy to step to the next levels. Advanced GWT and Ajax programmers (and designers) can jump right to the examples and learn to maximize the benefits of GWT. Highly recommended for professionals of all levels.
Jacob C. Enholm said
The source code examples on the book are incompatable with GWT version 1.5 because of the use of the GWT gears project in the examples. You also have to go hunting around for the examples by going to the authors page, then the book forum. Not a good starter book.
Ricardo Memoria Lima said
This is the best GWT book among the others. Covers from basic concepts and definitions behind GWT (like the gadget library, panels, compositions) and moves to advanced topics (like internationalization, integration with other server technologies, patterns, etc). The book explains server comunication taking from the basic comunication (http requests) to more complex JSON and XML examples. It explains very well and gives so many examples, including many application examples (it's 600 pages).
For those with some experience in Java programming for the WEB and wants to know everything about GWT, this book is perfect.
Joao C. M. Costa said
There's not much to say about this book other than it is the best GWT book out there. It is prior to 1.5 but the generics really don't change any principles or techniques covered on this text.
It does have a very practical approach, with a lot of coding and it mixes several other technologies to solve the covered project issues, so, if you are not familiar with recent (not so recent anymore) web tech you will probably need a bit of research to fully enjoy the reading.
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