GWT4NB is a support plugin for NetBeans. The GWT4NB project aims to enable developers to take advantage of both: the superior support for creating Web Applications built into the NetBeans IDE and the power of GWT (Google Web Toolkit).
Functionalities provided by GWT4NB includes:
- Using GWT with new or existing web project
- Deployment, running and debugging GWT applications
- Assistance in code editing like creating RPC services.
Go to https://gwt4nb.dev.java.net/ to learn more about this Java tool. This article guides you to setup the plugin in NetBeans.
Download GWT4NB:
For downloading the plugin go to https://gwt4nb.dev.java.net/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=7081&expandFolder=7081&folderID=0 and download the latest stable version.
Install GWT4NB in NetBeans:
1. Go to Tools | Plugins | Downloaded
2. Click Add Plugins...
3. Open the plugin file which you downloaded earlier. Plugin file name is org-netbeans-modules-gwt4nb.nbm.
4. Then click install.| Next
5. Accept the terms in license agreement and press Install
6. If the Validation Warning is shown press Continue.
7. Press Finish | Close.
After installing the plugin you will get Google Web Toolkit Framework option will be added in the framework list. Now you can start building GWT application in NetBeans easily.
