In our not-so-humble opinions, we think that the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and the Apple iPhone are two very cool technologies. Because we’re all highfalutin computer-scientist types (as well as being irrepressibly geeky) we wanted to see what happens when you mix them together. Would it be like peanut-butter and chocolate, or hot-sauce and poison ivy? Our approach was to build an application that primarily targets the iPhone and to use that as a test-bed for new ideas.
So what kind of application should be we build? The application should:
- demonstrate a well-defined purpose that is useful to developers using GWT
- take advantage of the always-connected iPhone platform
- present a UI that is familiar to iPhone users and geared towards information presentation
- demonstrate integration between GWT and other Google technology
And so the GWT Feed Reader was created. It combines the Google AJAX Feed API with a user interface geared for use on the iPhone. The source code to GWT Feed Reader is available under an Open Source license from a Google Code project.
–http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/2007/09/gwt-application-development-for-iphone.html
