GWT Designer v5.1.0 Beta for GWT 1.5 (Windows, Linux & OSX)

[Eric Clayberg]

A new GWT Designer v5.1.0 Beta is available that supports both GWT 1.4.62 and GWT 1.5RC1 and 1.5RC2.

The initial beta is for Windows only. OSX and Linux support will be rolled out over the next couple of weeks. See below.

This new beta is the result of nearly 600 hours of development that resulted in an almost complete re-write of the GWT Designer core. We are now relying more on the GWT internals and less on our own custom emulations which should improve compatibility with new GWT releases going forward.

This beta should be used for testing purposes only and ideally installed into a clean Eclipse 3.3.2 or 3.4 Windows environment. A production version of GWT Designer v5.1.0 will be released at the same time that Google formally releases GWT 1.5.

The beta can be downloaded here.

Keep in mind that this is a beta and there is a possibility that code that rendered well before will not render well now (or vice versa). We have run the beta over several hundred test cases, but those are by no means exhaustive. If you encounter a problem (exception or parsing / rendering problem), please send a test case (the class and/or project you are editing) plus your complete Eclipse .metadata ".log" file and any ".gwt-log" files found in the .gwt-logs directory of your project to wb-support@instantiations.com (or ZIP up these items and post them as an attachment to a forum message here).

Enjoy!

[Eric Clayberg]

A GWT Designer v5.1.0 beta for OSX is now available for Eclipse 3.3 or Eclipse 3.4.

If you are using a stripped down Eclipse distribution, make sure that you install the PDE first.

[Eric Clayberg]

A GWT Designer v5.1.0 beta for Linux is now available.

Minimum requirements:

1. Sun's JDK, 32-bit or 64-bit (avoid the buggy JDKs suppplied with most Linux distros)
2. Eclipse, 32-bit or 64-bit
3. Firefox 3/xulrunner 1.9
4. GLIBC_2.4
5. Any mainstream, up-to-date Linux distro like Ubuntu, SuSE, Redhat, etc. (nothing experimental, please).

Works fine on Ubuntu 8.04 with latest updates applied (including Firefox 3.01).

If you are using a stripped down Eclipse distribution, make sure that you install the PDE first.

[sanderborra]

I think you know there is a GWT 1.5 rc2.
GWT Designer v5.1.0 Beta for GWT 1.5 crashes with it :

[ERROR] Errors in 'file:/D:/Program%20Files/eclipse%203.4/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/595/1/.cp/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/intrinsic/com/google/gwt/lang/Cast.java'
[ERROR] Line 46: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 63: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 74: The field Object.typeMarker is not visible
[ERROR] Line 74: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 78: The field Object.typeMarker is not visible
[ERROR] Line 78: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Errors in 'file:/D:/Program%20Files/eclipse%203.4/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/595/1/.cp/com/google/gwt/dev/jjs/intrinsic/com/google/gwt/lang/Array.java'
[ERROR] Line 55: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 74: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 131: The field Object.typeId is not visible
[ERROR] Line 141: The field Object.typeId is not visible

[Eric Clayberg]

GWT Designer v5.1.0 works just fine with GWT 1.5RC2.

Please make sure that you are using the latest build and not a build from several weeks ago that predates GWT 1.5RC2.

Try it again with the latest build installed into a clean Eclipse 3.3.2 or 3.4 environment.

If the problem persists, please provide a test case, your Eclipse ".log" file and project ".gwt-log" file.

[Eric Clayberg]

GWT Designer v5.1.0 is now out of beta now that GWT 1.5 has gone GA.

[chadlung]

GWT Designer v5.1.0 is now out of beta now that GWT 1.5 has gone GA.

I grabbed the Aug. 29 build from the download page, but when I try to run the setup program nothing happens (using Windows Vista SP1 with UAC turned off). I've rebooted my machine, etc. Is the setup/installer corrupt perhaps? Anyone else having trouble running the Aug. 29 build?

Thanks,

Chad

[Eric Clayberg]

I just downloaded it, and it ran without any problems.

Have you tried the installer suggestions in the Designer FAQ?

You can send us the installer.log file, and we can take a look.

[chadlung]

Thanks for the info. I downloaded the Aug. 30 build and this time it worked. I think my original download was corrupted actually since the file sizes for me between the two dates were different by a large margin.

Chad

[Eric Clayberg]

Probably just an interupted download.

I checked all of the builds from the last several days and they were all fine.