With the release of GWT 1.5 just over a week old, I thought it would be a great time to announce a new GWT Site contest. Like my previous two contests, Instantiations has been very generous and is offering three more licenses of their just released GWT Designer 5.1. However, this time I decided to see what other goodies I could get for you guys and here is what I was able to come up with.
The Prizes
Developer License of Ext-GWT (5 licenses)
Wow, this is a great prize. For those who haven’t seen it before, Ext GWT is a great library for building really slick looking GWT applications. It’s predecessor, MyGWT was voted the Top GWT library, and Darrell has been adding some great new features for the upcoming 1.1 release.
One year Subscription of GWT Designer (3 licenses)
Instantiations’ GWT Designer is an easy to use GUI creator that makes developing GWT applications easy. The latest version, released last week, now supports GWT 1.5 and has the added capability of working with the MyGWT and GWT Ext widget libraries.
Google Web Toolkit Applications by Ryan Dewsbury (2 copies).
Ryan is an actual GWT guru who’s actually developed three popular GWT applications: GPokr, KDice and XSketch. His book is all about learning the techniques to create practical GWT applications. I learned a lot from this book.
GWT In Practice, by Robert Cooper and Charlie Collins. (3 copies)
GWT in Practice is a book for more intermediate users of GWT and covers many advanced topics. Robert and Charlie are creators of the and if you’re interested in doing any J2EE development with GWT, you’ll definitely want to take a look at this book.
Pro Web 2.0 Application Development with GWT by Jeff Dwyer. (3 copies)
This is the latest GWT book out there and currently the only one that covers GWT 1.5. This is also an intermediate level book and focuses on using GWT to build a live GWT application called ToCollege.net.
How To Enter
The easiest way to participate is to . If you’ve already subscribed, then you are already entered to win and you will also be automatically entered into every other future contest! (1 entry)
Here are the other three ways to enter. Pick from one of the choices below and either leave your response as a comment to this post or write a post on your blog (4 entries). If you write a post, make sure to link back to your post in the comments so I can keep track.
1) For those new to GWT, just and take it for a spin. Then let us know what you think of it, good or bad. How does GWT compare to your favorite web framework? Will you keep using it? If not, why?
2) Show us a GWT project you’ve been working on. Whether its something already open to the public or just some hobby project you’ve been working on, this is your chance to give your GWT application a plug. Please include your link.
3) Give a review of your favorite GWT library, tool, book or GWT based application.
There are 16 great prizes to win. If you complete all the tasks, you can get a total of 5 entries into the contest. With so many prizes, your chances of winning are quite good! The contest runs from September 8th (11:59 PM Pacific Time) To September 30th (11:59 PM Pacific Time). All the winners will be picked by Random.org’s list randomizer. Please make sure to enter a valid email, or you won’t be able to win.
