Re: How to make my java applets more user friendly
On 7/13/2014 6:15 AM, Tom Adams wrote:
On Sunday, July 6, 2014 12:26:27 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 7/4/2014 5:55 AM, Tom Adams wrote:
I recently started looking at GWT. I find mixed info on whether it
will compile an applet (the UI classes I guess?),
It won't.
You write a GUI application in Java. GWT translates it to JavaScript
and it runs in any browser with no requirement for Java.
I am confused by this. Perhaps it's the terminology. You say it won't "compile" and applet, but it will "translate" an applet.
When I said compile, I meant compile where the target "machine code" was javascript. That's the same a translate, right?
Yes.
GWT does compile/translate to JavaScript.
But it does not compile/translate applets.
It compiles/translates Java code written in its own GUI framework.
What I want to know is that if I go to the trouble of climbing the GWT learning curve, will I just have to issue a command and end up with some javascript that will do what the applet does without needing the java plugin.
Users will not need Java installed.
Or, will I have to re-code a lot of the java code even if I am using the GWT?
The code will need to be rewritten. But I think you will find all the
concepts very familiar!
Arne
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