Take a legacy path to advanced GWT controls

The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) provides libraries and tools that let you develop Ajax applications in the Java™ programming language. Unfortunately, GWT's standard gallery of UI controls (widgets) doesn't provide the advanced features that modern enterprise applications require. This article shows a technique that addresses this deficiency. Find out how to give GWT controls advanced functionality with relatively simple coding by integrating a popular JavaScript grid component with a GWT application.

read the article at developerworks