I wrote a previous post on the first version of the Googlipse plugin. However the 0.02 version has changed quite a bit so I thought I’d write a new walkthrough for it.

Requirements: Java 5, Eclipse 3.2, Eclipse WTP, Googlipse 0.02.

• The first thing I needed to do was to install the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP). I decided to download the latest Eclipse (3.2RC7). Installing the WTP is pretty easy now. Just use the Eclipse update mechanism, choose a Callisto Discovery site, select the ‘Web and J2EE Development’ box, then click the ‘Select Required’ button to select the dependencies and away it goes. Wait a little bit and after its done, you’ll have everything installed.
• Unzip the googlipse jar into your Eclipse/plugins folder and restart Eclipse.
• Under Window -> Preference -> Googlipse, set your GWT home. GWT home should be set to where you installed your GWT libraries (ex. c:\gwt-windows-1.0.21)
• Creating a GWT Project. Select File -> New -> Project -> Web -> Dynamic Web
• • Type your project name and hit Next
  • Select the Google Web Toolkit project facet (along with the Dynamic Web Module and Java facets) and click Finish.
• Creating a GWT Module. Select File -> New -> Other -> Goolipse -> Gwt Module
• • Hit the Create… button to define the package structure of your project.
  • Enter your module name in the Names textfield.
• Running your module. Select Run -> Run…
• • Select Gwt Application, right click and select New.
  • In the main tab, select your project and select your module.
  • Click Run.

There’s a story about GWT on Slashdot today. It contains a link to another new GWT article on the IBM DeveloperWorks site. The example in this article shows how to create a GWT Weather Reporter using the Yahoo Weather API.  There should be some interesting discussion today.

Some cool stuff in this latest release.  The big thing is the SVG support.  The GWT Widget Library site has a nice walkthrough on its usage and the prerequisite demo.  This release also has a JSCalendar wrapper.