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
• Google Web Toolkit and Client-Server Communication
  Miguel Méndez
  Thu 10:15 - 11:15am

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.

• Update on future direction of GWT-Ext
  Unfortunately, Sanjiv is stepping down as GWT-Ext project lead. According to my informal poll, most people would like to stick with GWT-Ext so I hope the project can continue to remain viable.
• Emite 0.2.0 released
  Emite is a new library that can be used to build xmpp based services. It also includes a complete instant messaging, presence and multi-user chat implementation.
• Gwt-Ext and Google Maps II (handle click)
  Abhijeet Maharana has written another blog post on using Gwt-Ext’s Google Maps functionality.
• TypeRacer
  This is an interesting game built using GWT. Show off your typing skills by racing against other players.
• Ext GWT 1.0 Beta 2 released
  The latest release of Ext GWT includes several new features and bug fixes.
• GWTLib 0.1.1 released
  GWTLib is a new widget library. It currently just includes a table widget, but hopefully we’ll see some more widgets in the future.

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The ebook version has already been available for a couple of weeks, but the print version of GWT in Practice is now available for order on the Manning website. You will also get the ebook free, when you order the print version. GWT In Practice is written by Robert Cooper and Charlie Collins who are the creators of the Gwittir framework and are active members of the GWT community. The book is aimed at more advanced users of GWT and covers practical topics such as:

• Communicating with servers using GWT RPC, XML, JSON, SOAP, streaming, and Comet.
• Integrating with Legacy and Third-Party Javascript libraries.
• Packaging, deployment, and distribution.
• Integration with J2EE technologies such as JPA, Spring and Hibernate.
• Testing and Continuous Integration.

I have the ebook version and so far I’ve read up to Chapter 8. I will post a review once I finish. If you are looking for the book on Amazon, it is supposed to be in-stock on May 15th.