For one of our projects, we use a GWT client that needs to be updated in near-real time (< 1 second delay) when something relevant happens on the server. There are multiple ways of doing it, but I tried to get it working with the new Servlet 3 feature: Asynchronous Http Request handling. Read on […]
JTeam Technology Matrix: The Stars
In Alef’s previous blog entry about the JTeam Technology Matrix, he explained the basic idea of using a BCG-matrix to classify technologies. In this blog entry I’ll focus on the ‘Star’ section of our current matrix and highlight some of the technologies that are currently in there. Star technologies are the technologies that bring us […]
Optimizing startup time for GWT hosted mode
When developing GWT (Google Web Toolkit) applications, the GWT hosted mode is an invaluable tool, as it allows for short development cycles. Whenever you change something in the GWT client code and hit the “Refresh” button it will compile the change, reload the application and show the result of my change almost immediately. In theory, […]