CODEWITHSUNDEEP
gwtdebugginggxt
Mike Chaliy
Mike Chaliy

Reputation: 26658

Debug console for GWT/GXT

I need to see component tree of the GWT application. DOM tree will be also acceptable. Unfortunatelly GWT hosted browser does not provide access for devToolbar.

The only way I found is to compile to javascript and then use regular browser. But compilation takes enormous ammount of time.

ExtJS has Debug Console, but I was not able to find something similar for GXT.

Please suggest the way you debug visual GWT applications.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6091

Answers (5)

Chris J
Chris J

Reputation: 370

It's not a debugger in the same mould as Firebug but the GWT Log console is really, really handy for finding out what's happening within the JavaScript.

See: http://code.google.com/p/gwt-log/

Upvotes: 2

jottos
jottos

Reputation: 20358

Yes, I was just wanting this today FireBug + GWT. If you are adventurous you could look into builds of GWT 2.0 where Out Of Process Hosted Mode will be available letting you debug in FireFox or other browsers. Design: Out of Process Hosted Mode

The source for GWT is here http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/

I personally haven't hit the pain threshold to build this yet because I keep hearing 2.0 is "close"

Upvotes: 4

hannson
hannson

Reputation: 4515

One idea is to minimize compile time by reducing the permutations (different version for each browser) during development.

In your module.gwt.xml force an user agent, for example gecko1_8 (Firefox 2).

<!-- User Agent -->
<set-property name="user.agent" value="gecko1_8" />

If you're using i18n you can also limit the locales used during development.

Upvotes: 0

Assaf Lavie
Assaf Lavie

Reputation: 75953

Why is compilation into (pretty) JavaScript taking so much time? I don't think it should. Perhaps you should disable compilation for irrelevant browsers (irrelevant for debugging purposes), thereby reducing compilation time significantly.

Upvotes: 0

Chii
Chii

Reputation: 14738

Normally one would use the IDE debugger to step through GWT code. but if the problem is a CSS/styling issue (which from the sound of the question, it seems to be), then that might not really help.

i guess compiling it and using firebug is the only tried and true way for css issues.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions