Which GWT book to buy? Most seem to be for versions 1.4
I was thinking about getting GWT in practice by Robert Cooper or Google Web Toolkit apps by Ryan Dewsbury
However, this is from May 08 to December 07. Both will be written for 1.4 - I've been looking through the release notes to see what has changed since then:
It looks like nothing has changed from 1.6 to 1.7 http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/1.7/ReleaseNotes_1_7.html
But it looks like the stuff has changed from 1.5 to 1.6 "GWT 1.6 includes direct support for web archive output (wars), faster compilation, new widgets, new and improved event handling, and more." http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/1.6/ReleaseNotes_1_6.html
And there seems to be changes from 1.4 to 1.5 http://code.google.com/docreader/#p=google-web-toolkit-doc-1-5&s=google-web-toolkit-doc-1-5&t=WhatsNewinGWT15
I really want to get the book when I'm new to something, because I prefer to flip through the pages of distilled knowledge. But I am concerned that these books may be out of date. Any tips for the guys?
Thank! Amber
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In my opinion, any existing book about GWT is not worth the money - everyone is out of date. Spend a few hours in a bookstore or on the internet to get all the information you need from these books.
1.6 is fundamentally different by introducing an event bus and handlers. Yes, 1.6 to 1.7 only minor fixes.
Expect a new book that covers 1.6 and later - preferably 2.0. Hopefully the one that covers the new patterns becomes common - MVC / MVP, team pattern, gin / Guice, etc.
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