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).
Provided functionality includes:
Using GWT with new or existing Web Projects
Deployment, running and debugging GWT-enabled Web Apps using arbitrary Application Server
Assistance to deal with some code editing nuances such as creating RPC services efficiently
Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
is an open source Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications (...) easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your time working around subtle incompatibilities between web browsers and platforms, and JavaScript's lack of modularity makes sharing, testing, and reusing AJAX components difficult and fragile.
GWT lets you avoid many of these headaches while offering your users the same dynamic, standards-compliant experience. You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.
About NetBeans
The NetBeans IDE is a free,
open-source Integrated Development Environment
for software developers. The IDE runs on many platforms including
Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the MacOS.
It is easy to install and use straight out of the box.
The NetBeans IDE provides developers with all the tools they need to create professional cross-platform desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications.