Looking to add the newest GWT book to your library? Well, the good folks at Manning are offering GWT Site readers a coupon code, good for 30% off the book GWT in Practice, by Robert Cooper and Charlie Collins. With the discount, you can now buy the book for only $31.49. What’s more, you’ll also receive a copy of the ebook for free with your purchase.
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As part of the Ajaxian’s Ajax Pioneer Week series, Dion Almaer has a short, 4 minute interview up with GWT engineering manager Bruce Johnson. Bruce briefly highlights the new GWT 1.5 features, the Google API Library for GWT, and even gives a plug for Ext GWT.
The Google I/O conference in San Francisco is coming soon at the end of the month (May 28-29). I just checked out the conference schedule and it looks like they have some really interesting sessions going on. Here are all the Google Web Toolkit related talks that are being held.
Faster-than-possible Code: Deferred Binding
Bruce Johnson
Wed 11:15 - 12:15pm
Resource Bundles and Linkers in Google Web Toolkit
Bob Vawter
Wed 12:30 - 1:30pm
Using GWT to build a high performance collaborative diagramming tool
Alex Moffat & Damon Lunden, Lombardi
Wed 3:00 - 4:00pm
Suprisingly Rockin’ JavaScript and DOM Programming in GWT
Bruce Johnson
Wed 4:15 - 5:15pm
Fireside Chat: Google Web Toolkit
Google Web Toolkit engineering team
Wed 4:15 - 5:15pm
The Google Web Toolkit Blog seems to indicate that Ray Cromwell will also be giving a talk, but I don’t see him listed anywhere. Maybe they just haven’t updated the page yet. Registration is $400 and on a first-come, first-serve basis.