The Draft War

What is a draft war? A full build of a GWT project can be very time consuming depending on the size of the project. During development you do not always need a production quality version of your application. That's why developers often change the *.gwt.xml files or compiler flags locally to speed up compilation. As this is dirty and you have to be very caref...

Using SuperDevMode

How to run Super Dev Mode? Be aware that the Super Dev Mode is only available GWT 2.5+. Additionally be aware that Super Dev Mode requires specific browsers to work! This chapter does not describe the usage of “Super Dev Mode” in detail. Please refer to the official documentation to learn how to use it. Be aware that you need to adjust your *gwt.xml” file or...

Working with Eclipse

This Eclipse feature has been tested with Eclipse 4.7 and the gwt plugin version 3.0.0. This will now not work with gwt plugin versions less than 3.0.0. Project Layout TODO GPE vs Maven/Gradle Standard-Layout Project Import In general there are two methods of importing Gradle projects into Eclipse: Running "gradle eclipse" and import the projects...

Working with Intellij IDEA

Intellij IDEA has very good support for Gradle projects, so it's easy to import Gradle projects into Inteiij IDEA. It's recommended that you should always use Gradle wrapper in your Gradle projects. When importing into IDEA, please choose "Use default gradle wrapper (recommended)".

Setup and configuration

Use cases

Technical details

The Draft War

Using SuperDevMode

Working with Eclipse

Working with Intellij IDEA