GWT Keynote at GWT.create conference December 2013 in San Francisco by Ray Cromwell

1. GWT . Create
A Fast and Lightweight Future

2. Welcome
State of the Community
State of GWT
GWT 3.0 and Beyond

3. State of the Community
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700+ attending GWT.create
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3x increase in external contributions (patches)
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Thousands of Googlers using it
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~100k users of SDK

4. Looking for Sexy?
Cool New Products using GWT

5. Google Shopping Express

6. New Google Sheets

7. Google Sheets
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First in a new generation of hybrid apps
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Shares logic between Server, Android, Web, and iOS
via Java code.
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Cross compiled with GWT and j2objc
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Web UI marries Closure Compiler JS and shared Java
via GWT code.
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Android and iOS UIs marry Java and Obj-C UI with
shared Java.

8. Google Sheets
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Much faster than predecessor
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Larger Sheets
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Local client formula evaluation
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Offline
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Faster, smoother, scrolling
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Supported on all 3 platforms at once.

9. State of GWT
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GWT 2.6
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Reduced Code Size
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Java 7
Better CodeSplitter
Ambitious plan for upcoming improvements

10. What’s Happened Since
2006
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JS a lot faster
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Browsers much more capable
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Less incompatibility between latest versions

11. Kraken 2200% Faster

12. Capabilities
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Multimedia: Video, Audio, Camera, Microphone,
WebRTC, Canvas, SVG, WebGL, …
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I/O: Sockets, FileSystem, LocalStorage,
IndexDB, TypedArrays, Blobs, Web Workers,
Geolocation, …
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Layout/Rendering: Flexible Box Model, Web
Animations, Scoped CSS, Shadow DOM, GPU
accelerated drawing and compositing

13. Compatibility

14. Mobile Expectations
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About 50% of web traffic is now mobile
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Native apps have influenced consumers to
expect jank-free experience

15. GWT 3.0 And Beyond
Fast and Lightweight

16. Lightweight Syntax
Full Java 8 language support

17. No Lambda
!
Button b = new Button("Click Me",
new ClickHandler() {
public void onClick(ClickEvent e) {
alert("Hello!");
}
});

18. With Lambda
Button b = new Button("Click Me",
(e) -> alert("Hello"));
!

19. Vs Javascript
var b = new Button("Click Me",
function(e) { alert("Hello"); });
!
!

20. Lightweight Js Interop
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Call Javascript without JSNI
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@JsInterface, @JsProperty

21. Js Library Sample
!
function MyClass() {
this.answer = 42;
}
!
MyClass.prototype.whatIsTheAnswer = function() {
return "The answer to life, the universe, and
everything is ..." + this.answer;
}
!

22. Without JsInterface
!
interface MyClass {
int getAnswer();
String whatIsTheAnswer();
}
!
final class MyClassImpl extends JavaScriptObject
implements MyClass {
!
}
!
!
!
public native int getAnswer() /*-{
return this.answer;
}-*/;
public native String whatIsTheAnswer() /*-{
return this.whatIsTheAnswer();
}-*/;

23. With JsInterface
@JsInterface
interface MyClass {
@JsProperty
int getAnswer();
String whatIsTheAnswer();
}
!
!
!
!

24. Zero Work Interop
Could we make this even easier?

25. Zero Work Interop
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Closure Compiler annotated Javascript
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Typescript annotated JavaScript
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Drop in and go
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Automatically generate JsInterface
declarations from typed JS

26. Demo

27. Using External JS Libraries
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Must be un-minified to have predictable symbols
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Live in separate JS execution context
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Dead or Unused library code not removable

28. The World Today
Host Html Page
GWT Module IFrame
<script src=“angular.js”>
GWT Source
GWT
Compiler
Compiled JS

29. Radically Better Interop
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Combine JS and Java as single source tree
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Globally Optimize Together
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Output single, optimized application

30. The World Tomorrow
Host Html Page
GWT Module IFrame
<script src=“angular.js”>
GWT Source
GWT
Compiler
Compiled JS

31. The World Tomorrow
GWT Module IFrame
<script src=“angular.js”>
GWT Source
GWT
Compiler
Closure
Compiler
Compiled JS

32. Radically Better Interop
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Javascript library subject to optimizations
together with Java code
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Smallest code size possible
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Type-checking between JS and Java

33. Web Components
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Web Native Templates
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Custom HTML Elements
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Encapsulated DOM and CSS
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(Shadow DOM and Scoped CSS)
Kind of like runtime native version of UiBinder

34. Web Components
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Ecosystem of reusable widgets/components
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New Interop will make them easy to consume
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Future of where Web authoring is headed
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We want to be ready for it

35. Fire and Forget CodeSpliting
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CodeSplitter allows code to be not be loaded
until needed
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Reduces initial download size
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Shared code “leftovers fragment” inhibits
benefits

36. Current Problem
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Tedious
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Brittle
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Lack of Control

37. Next-Gen CodeSplitter
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Choose to force a split point manually
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Automatically merge fragments
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Multiple leftover fragments

38. Back to Basics

39. Simplicity
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Radically Simpler Interop with JavaScript
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Targeting Modern Browser Capabilities
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Emphasis on Mobile

40. Fast
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Improvements to Arrays
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Improvements to CodeGen
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Improvements to Layout
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Improvements to Compilation Speed

41. Improvements to Arrays
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Faster Creation
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TypedArrays for numeric primitives
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new int[64] => new Int32Array(64)

42. Improvements to CodeGen
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Tune JS output for Modern JS VMs
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Output asm.js-like code for increased
performance
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Smaller code with Closure Backend

43. Improvements to Layout
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“Native” Layout vs JS layout
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CSS3 support through GssResource
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Avoid constructs which “jank” browsers

44. Faster Compilation
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Significantly faster incremental/modular draft
compilation
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Speed proportional to # of changed files
Split Local/Global Optimizer

45. Improvements to
SuperDev Mode
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Faster refresh
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Better debugging
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IDE integration?

46. Fast
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Faster Roundtripping in Compile cycle
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Faster JS execution speed
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Faster browser rendering

47. When?
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GWT 3.0 tentatively scheduled for mid 2014.
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Disclaimer: Not everything will make it for 3.0
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Get Involved!