1. Developing Your Application

Why would you use GWT? What can you develop with it and how? Before delving into specifics (as we’ll be doing in the rest of the book) let’s consider the answers to these questions, so you’ll know what to focus on.

Developing applications with GWT can be seen as a straightforward job, but you should ask some interesting questions to unlock the way to powerful, distinct, applications. What kind of applications should you develop with GWT? (And, given the current push for Cloud Computing, you can even add “Where would you deploy your application?”) How can you go about it? And, why would you use GWT?

Let’s consider all these questions in sequence to start you on your way through this book, knowing your goal and the road to it.