In this section, you will learn how the Sakai platform could be combined with the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to build fast "desktop-like" (or Web 2.0) applications that run in a browser.
You will also learn how to take advantage of Java tools like Eclipse to allow state of the art software engineering.
Many of the information presented here that originated from a former presentation done in July 2008 at the 9th SAKAI Conference in Paris, France..
Sakai & GWT - Toward Improved UX & Easy Web 2.0 Development all in Java (Slides).