Use widget to build the presentation

[lfzhou]

Smart GWT has the list of widgets. How to drap and drop the widgets into Eclipse to builder the presentation layer instead of writing the code? With complex UI, it's very time consuming to develop the UI.

[Isomorphic]

Please read the QuickStart Guide, especially the beginning of the server framework chapter, which presents an approach that takes much less time than manual layout in a visual tool.

[lfzhou]

I have read the QuickStart Guide. Our application has very complex screen layout. The drag and drop feature might be better for us. Please provide me some instruction how to utilize this feature. Thanks!

[Isomorphic]

The more complex the application, the more important it is to use the Data Binding approaches covered in the QuickStart Guide. If it's not immediately obvious why this is, please go ahead and start that way anyway and the reasons will become clear in time.

[Isomorphic]

You might also look into the new capability to import Balsamiq mockups. This allows you to build your screen design in a way that is much more efficient than using an IDE (Balsamiq is a dedicated design tool) then import the layout into SmartGWT in a process that fits with SmartGWT's databinding.