Building GWT from Source

Checking out GWT Source code from the SVN

1. Check out GWT Code from http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ into d:/gwt
   

2. Check out GWT tools from http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/tools/
   into D:/gwt_tools
   


3. Download Ant if you don’t have it. http://apache.hoxt.com/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.zip and unzip it into d:/ant folder.
   

Note: GWT Tools is a big project

Setting Path

1. Create user’s variable and Name as GWT_TOOLS and Variable value as D:/gwt_tools
   

Optional depending upon if you have already configured the ANT on your machine.

2. Edit Environment Variables. In System Variable append;D:\ant\apache-ant-1.7.1\bin; to your PATH variable.


3. Create user’s variable and Name as ANT_HOME and Variable value as D:\ant\apache-ant-1.7.1
   

Verify whether ant is set up properly by typing ant on command prompt.

Building GWT

1. Change directory to build tools by
   typing ‘cd d:/gwt/build-tools’
   on Command prompt


2. Type ant on command prompt.
   


1. Three Jar files will be created in d:/gwt/build/lib
   

i. ant-gwt.jar
ii. ant-customchecks.jar
iii. gwt-doctool.jar

3. cd d:/gwt/dev


4. Type ant on command prompt
   
1. gwt-dev-XXX.jar file for respective, linux, mac and windows are
   created in d:/gwt/build/lib

XXX stands for the OS

2. Another jar is created name gwt-dev-oophm.jar. This is the Out of Process Hosted
   Mode debugging.
   

5. Type cd d:/gwt/users and build using ant
   
1. gwt-user.jar
   

6. Type cd d:/gwt/servlet and build using ant
   
1. gwt-servlet.jar is created
   

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