GWT (Google web toolkit) and Drupal
jou00jou - June 7, 2007 - 20:58
I am interested in creating a javascript application and I am thinking to have drupal engine in the back-end and maybe GWT (Google web toolkit) or prototype as the front-end. So does anybody have any suggestions on how to start? I am fine with GWT on it's own but how do I integrate it with Drupal (CMS php scripts in general)?
Mixing
Java and PHP - not sure this is a great idea! Also Drupal uses jQuery, not prototype. What exactly is a "javascript application"? Do you mean Ajax? Drupal has Ajax support, so does Ruby on Rails. Maybe people here could offer sage advice if you explained a bit more what you are trying to do.
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I meant Ajax application
Thank you for your reply.
Yes I meant Ajax application, I made a mistake.
I have several projects in mind one of them is building an image Gallery community website where people in my community could post pictures they edited (photoshop) or created and others will provide comments and rating. The Ajax application would be an image viewer (Not a simple slideshow) that users could choose to use it to navigate throughout certain parts of the website, i.e. view pictures, comments as well as provide their own. So this will not replace the actual website but it will be an additional feature for navigating through the gallery of pictures.
You might suggest to use Gallery2 only but I can't because I need certain feature to be available that is not provided by Gallery2. Check out this question I posted earlier http://drupal.org/node/140458
Thanks again for your reply
Two issues here
1. is an access issue. Your 4 levels of user, Drupal access control should be able to handle this. You need to create the various user roles. This should be doable out of the box.
2. is probably adding some Ajax to Gallery2 (or AcidFree or . . .) to give the UI you desire. Gallery2 within Drupal is a module for images, not an application. This will require work! The Drupal application can look after access.
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My real question is How do I
My real question is How do I get data from drupal into GWT.
Have you seen an example on the web or any introductory tutorial about that?
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
GWT module coming soon
We're releasing a working version of our GWT module tonight (should be online tomorrow). It basically allows for plug 'n play of GWT widgets into your drupal site. We've been using it a ton for months now. Documentation will be a little slow coming. But if you think this will be helpful, a little pressure may move us along more quickly (feel free to contact us here or via our site).
http://drupal.org/module/oagwt
We have some full AJAX (via GWT) front end with drupal back end sites in development, but nothing we can show right now. We have two small snippets of GWT used on our site here: http://oyoaha.com/wearehere and here: http://kitchen.oyoaha.com (at the top of the page, give it a few seconds).
We handle media (images, video, etc.) via AJAX as well.
Lastly, here's a prototype site we'd love to move over to drupal in the near future. It's all AJAX+custom backend right now, but it wouldn't take much for us to run it with drupal in the backend. So here's a taste of what we can do now with GWT + drupal: http://www.artorganism.org/
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Can't wait for this Module
Can't wait for this great module.
Good job.
Typo in the link. It is
Typo in the link.
It is http://drupal.org/project/oagwt
Thanks
Thanks for the link help. Sorry about that.
We really want to get some documentation up asap. There's nothing like a module with lots of promise and mystery about implementation.
We'll probably start with a couple video walk-throughs and simple, down 'n dirty instructions. If you know specifically what would be helpful to you, drop us a line, start a list...whatever.
Once we have time to organize, we're going to set up a library for GWT widgets for contribution and use. We think AJAX implementation is going to be a huge push drupal. Glad you guys are thinking that way too.
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try to use the module
hello
i try to use the module but i don't understand the syntax :
"[oagwt:] tag, to include this widget"
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