Google Web Toolkit

Google Web Toolkit
Original author(s)Google
Initial releaseMay 16, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05-16)
Stable release
2.12.1 / November 12, 2024; 12 days ago (2024-11-12)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemLinux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD
Available inJava
TypeAjax framework
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitewww.gwtproject.org

Google Web Toolkit (GWT /ˈɡwɪt/), or GWT Web Toolkit,[1] is an open-source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain JavaScript front-end applications in Java. It is licensed under Apache License 2.0.[2]

GWT supports various web development tasks, such as asynchronous remote procedure calls, history management, bookmarking, UI abstraction, internationalization, and cross-browser portability.

  1. ^ "GWT Name Use Policy". Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Google Web Toolkit License Information". February 23, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007.