Chapter 11. Using JSNI—JavaScript Native Interface

 

This chapter covers
  • Defining JSNI, including when and how to use it
  • Creating JavaScript overlays and quick JSONP handling
  • Wrapping JavaScript libraries and using them in GWT
  • Exposing your application as an API

 

Until now we’ve been looking at the various enhancements and help that GWT brings to web application development. We’ve covered widgets, panels, handling events, creating your own widgets and applications, and communicating with the server. Along the way we’ve been using the great tool support that comes with Java, and consequently GWT, such as integrated development environments, code completion, syntax and semantic checking, and debugging.

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