• GWT Widget Library 0.2.0 released
  Now compatible with GWT 1.5.
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  Contains some minor bug fixes. The 2.5.x releases are now compatible with GWT 1.5.
• GWT fireside chat
  Ed Burnette summarizes what went on during the GWT Fireside Chat session at the Google I/O conference.
• iPhone Lego Robot Video Demonstration
  How cool is this? Uses a GWT app on an iPhone to control a Lego Robot. Source code is even included.
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  MonkeyMike wrote a nice post about his experiences with moving his code base to use the new GWT 1.5 RC1 release.
• Ext GWT v1.0 Beta 4 Released
  The Beta 4 release of Ext GWT now supports the new GWT 1.5 RC1 build. It also features improved performance and some new advanced form layouts among other things.
• Cypal Studio for GWT screencast
  Screencast showing how to create a Hello World app using Cypal Studio for GWT.

Of course the big news this week was the announcement of GWT 1.5 RC 1, but here were some of the other GWT related happenings for the week.

• GwtQuery 0.1 alpha released
  This is Ray Cromwell’s jQuery-like API written in GWT. It is only a partial implementation and not deployable but you can examine the source. Version 0.2 should be out on Monday.
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  From the changelog, looks like this is just a minor release.
• GWT meeting in Paris
  Didier Girard is setting up a GWT meeting in Paris which will include a half day of training. It’s scheduled for June 4th, so if you happen to in France, check it out.
• GWT library landscape after the Ext JS license change
  Psyho has posted an opinion piece on his blog about the state of GWT’s widget libraries.

Thanks to Thomas Broyer for pointing this out to me, but the first Release Candidate build of GWT 1.5 is already available for download. You can grab it from
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For those who haven’t been keeping up with this release, you can read about the details here: