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Google Web Toolkit Blog: Google Plugin for Eclipse™ — Peanut Butter to Eclipse’s Chocolate

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Eclipse™ is a delicious Java™ IDE. However, developers using it to create Google Web Toolkit (and now Google App Engine for Java) web applications have found themselves wanting better integration.

That’s why we are very happy to announce the first release of the Google Plugin for Eclipse. Not only does the plugin make it easier to work with App Engine for Java and GWT; it also makes projects using both easier. A few key features:

New Web Application Wizard Quickly create web applications that use GWT and/or App Engine. Your new application is fully configured and ready to go.

Run/Debug Web Application With a single click, you can run or debug your web application locally. No more command-line headaches!

Google App Engine for Java Deploying your application to the cloud is easy with the deploy wizard… As-you-type validation ensures that your code is compatible with App Engine.

Google Web Toolkit We’ve enhanced Eclipse’s Java environment to integrate seamlessly with GWT:

• Recognition of inline JavaScript (JSNI): syntax highlighting, auto-indenting, Java Search and Refactoring integration
• GWT compiler shortcuts and configuration UI
• Wizards to create entry points, modules and HTML pages

via Google Web Toolkit Blog: Introducing GWT 1.6 and friends

 

Starting today, there is a simpler way to use the JavaTM language to develop and deploy world-scalable web applications. We are very happy to announce today:

• Google Web Toolkit 1.6,
• An early look at Google App Engine for Java, and the brand-new
• Google Plugin for Eclipse that supports a productive integration of the two.

What does this mean for you? It is easier than ever to create sophisticated web applications entirely in the Java language with Google Web Toolkit while working productively in Eclipse. And the moment you’re finished, with only a few button clicks you can upload and publish your application to the world on App Engine. In GWT 1.6, we’ve tried to make common tasks simpler while making it possible to do even more advanced things. If you’re brand new to GWT, some of this is going to sound like gibberish, so you’ll also want to take a look at the Product Overview as a gentler introduction.