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diff --git a/documentation/clientsidewidgets/clientsidewidgets-overview.asciidoc b/documentation/clientsidewidgets/clientsidewidgets-overview.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75206944ed --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/clientsidewidgets/clientsidewidgets-overview.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +--- +title: Overview +order: 1 +layout: page +--- + +[[clientsidewidgets.overview]] += Overview + +The Vaadin client-side API is based on the Google Web Toolkit. It involves +__widgets__ for representing the user interface as Java objects, which are +rendered as a HTML DOM in the browser. Events caused by user interaction with +the page are delegated to event handlers, where you can implement your UI logic. + +In general, the client-side widgets come in two categories - basic GWT widgets +and Vaadin-specific widgets. The library includes __connectors__ for integrating +the Vaadin-specific widgets with the server-side components, thereby enabling +the server-side development model of Vaadin. The integration is described in +<<dummy/../../../framework/gwt/gwt-overview.asciidoc#gwt.overview,"Integrating +with the Server-Side">>. + +The layout of the client-side UI is managed with __panel__ widgets, which +correspond in their function with layout components in the Vaadin server-side +API. + +In addition to the rendering API, the client-side API includes facilities for +making HTTP requests, logging, accessibility, internationalization, and testing. + +For information about the basic GWT framework, please refer to +https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/overview. + + + |