Rajeev Dayal, Google

Rajeev Dayal is a Google software engineer on the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) team. His primary focus is the GWT user interface library, which involves both fun stuff (building cool widgets) and not-so-fun stuff (doing battle with an endless list of browser quirks).

Prior to Google, Rajeev was a software engineer at AutoTrader.com, where he introduced the organization to AJAX and pioneered its use in their consumer site. It was there that Rajeev first spent countless hours coaxing the back button to do what he wanted, muttering to himself that there must be a better way...

Rajeev holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and Georgia Tech.

Presentation: "Building Large Applications with GWT 1.4"

Track: Web 2.0

Time: Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00

Location: SAS Suecia

Abstract:

Using the Google Web Toolkit, developers are able to build AJAX applications that are maintainable and robust. They can spend more time focusing on building products, and less time thinking about browser quirks. One question on the minds of developers is, "Can you build really big applications using GWT?"

The short answer is, "Yes."

We will discuss techniques that developers using GWT have employed when building large applications. We will also talk about the new features and improvements in GWT 1.4, and how they benefit large applications.

What if you want users to access your sophisticated web application when they're on an airplane? Can GWT help you with this? With the help of Google Gears, the answer is yes! We will take a look at a GWT application that uses Google Gears to enable offline functionality.

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