What's new in the coming Gwt Maven Plugin 2.1.1

The coming Gwt Maven Plugin 2.1.1 will have new features.

This stuff is currently available as 2.1.1-SNAPSHOT in the codehaus repo : https://nexus.codehaus.org/content/groups/snapshots-group/

Running your application in debug mode with AppEngine Launcher

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <configuration>
          <server>com.google.appengine.tools.development.gwt.AppEngineLauncher</server>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

See appengine-launcher

Css Interface Generator

See Css Interface Generator

More Gwt compiler options
-compileReport, -optimize, -XsoycDetailed, -strict (see Documentation )

Compiler Report
To have link to the Gwt compiler report in your Maven generated web site
See Compiler Report

Full changelog

Do not hesitate to test and send feedback.
Thanks !

Release Maven Gwt Plugin 2.1.0 (gwt 2.1.0 compatible)

Hi Folks,

The gwt maven plugin version 2.1.0 has been released.

The major change is to be gwt 2.1.0 compatible.

Release Notes - Maven 2.x GWT Plugin - Version 2.1.0

New Feature

• [MGWT-181] -Add support for GWT compilers -workDir option
• [MGWT-190] - support GWT 2.1
• [MGWT-218] - Support for setting the -runStyle parameter for gwt:test

Sub-task

• [MGWT-191] - gwt:run runs Hosted Mode instead of Dev Mode for GWT 2.1.0.M1

Bug

• [MGWT-110] - Generated interface not identical to interface generated by GWT tooling
• [MGWT-111] - gwt:run - Multi-module projects with custom start page not well supported
• [MGWT-118] - GWT Compile fails with IBM JDK
• [MGWT-129] - Multi module projects doesn't work properly in HostedMode.
• [MGWT-142] - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/gwt/dev/Compiler when running plugin on Mac
• [MGWT-147] - GWT modules with inherited entry point are never compiled
• [MGWT-149] - generateAsync fails with ParseException (ignoring servicePattern?)
• [MGWT-151] - skip compile when model file not contain entry point.
• [MGWT-152] - Incorrect documenation on the Maven site
• [MGWT-155] - Documentation on GWTTesting is incorrect/Broken link
• [MGWT-161] - gwt-maven-plugin does not work with spaces in project location on Linux
• [MGWT-164] - Inheriting module does not inherit its <entry-point> or <servlet> definitions
• [MGWT-165] - scanning for .gwt.xml files doesn't take into account all source roots
• [MGWT-171] - ServicePattern is ignored
• [MGWT-183] - Cannot compile a module that inherits a module with entry points
• [MGWT-186] - Generic Interface is not generated correctly
• [MGWT-187] - "utility module" detection is incorrect
• [MGWT-189] - .class files get copied into WEB-INF/classes without package structure
• [MGWT-198] - AbstractGwtShellMojo hides failure information when executing the compiler process
• [MGWT-201] - Sources directories in inherited modules are ignored
• [MGWT-223] - i18n fails under Eclipse with m2eclipse
• [MGWT-228] - When running with GWT 2.1.0 the plugin require gwt-dev-<platform> jars

Improvement

• [MGWT-62] - Possibly bind gwt:compile to the 'prepare-package' phase by default in 'war' projects (maven 2.1)
• [MGWT-76] - Solution for multi module builds and hosted mode
• [MGWT-88] - Add mergedWebXml parameter to MergeWebXmlMojo
• [MGWT-128] - Allow specifying custom environment variables for run/debug goals
• [MGWT-146] - Explicit setup mode setting
• [MGWT-148] - Compile also when GWT module file has changed
• [MGWT-154] - GenerateAsync generate files with unused imports
• [MGWT-162] - Support for server=n
• [MGWT-169] - support devmode for multiple modules
• [MGWT-170] - Find source jars and add them to the classpath when executing the GWT compiler
• [MGWT-172] - generateAsync suporting "com.google.gwt.http.client.Request" return objects
• [MGWT-178] - No messages if a module doesn't contain entry points
• [MGWT-180] - Add Option for bindAddress
• [MGWT-194] - Update documentation for /war in GWT 2.0.x
• [MGWT-195] - create documentation for 'comfortable GWT debugging'
• [MGWT-225] - Update BCEL dependency to fix the broken pom.
  

Task

• [MGWT-188] - Update FAQ re: "NoSuchMethodError"
  

Have Fun !
--
Olivier Lamy on behalf of the The Maven Team

PS : pushing open source release is fun The famous song :-)

Open Source song :-)

The famous french singer jcfrog has made a nice song on Open Source :-)

Have a look here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHFnTlAJ4s

Check out the other one on twitter : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetmdgPRyqw

I hope we will have one for ASF

Have Fun !

-Olivier