gwt-contacts

This is the gwt "contacts" tutorial application from google. The following enhancements have been made;

Upgrade to use the JDK logging emulation layer
Integrate "GWT RPC XSRF protection" to avoid Cross-Site Request Forgery
Use Google Gin as the client-side dependency injection framework
Converted to use the Activities & Places Framework for managing bookmarking inside the application, and to enable easy code splitting.
Split into multiple code modules (server, client and shared) to help in modularizing the code base.
Integration of checkstyle rules to help enforce good styles.
Conversion of the server-side to use EJBs for the service layer and JPA for the persistence layer.
Convert to using Domgen to generate service/event/entity boilerplate.
Conversion to using a maven-style source code layout and the Buildr tool to automate the builds.
Integration with the Intellij IDEA IDE added.

Getting Started

Download the right version of ruby.
Install the ruby dependencies. (i.e. "gem install bundler && bundler install")
Download dependencies and source for dependencies. Note: It is important to download source as the GWT compiler actually uses the source from dependencies to generate javascript. e.g. "buildr artifacts artifacts:sources"
Install the GWT and GlassFish Integration plugins into IDEA
Generate IDEA project files. e.g. "buildr idea"
Download and install GlassFish 3.1.2.2 or later.
Setup GlassFish configuration in IDEA and make sure it deploys the contacts artifact when it starts up.
Learn and perform magic.