Does the Google Plugin for Eclipse require the J2EE web project plugin?

Question

I was wondering, does the Google Plugin for Eclipse includes in its dependencies the Java EE perspective ?

Answer 1

It is not mandatory. You can download basic Java Edition of Eclipse and install GPE plugin.

Following are sufficient to write GWT program.

1. Kepler - Eclipse JAVA IDE
2. GPE Plugin for Kepler

Note -

1. GPE FAQ
2. Maven and GPE

Answer 2

No, it's not necessary. You can use this tutorial to create your first project: http://www.gwtproject.org/doc/latest/tutorial/create.html

Here you can find all documentation you need to develop gwt application.