Using GWT as portlets for google sites?

Question

Is it possible to use GWT as a framework for building portlets that are rendered in google sites?

If so, I'm assuming that these portlets could just be hosted on a GAE instance?

On another point, GWT is java based, but what if portlets are written in python? I'm assuming Django can be rendered into a google site gadget?

thanks

paul

Sites supports the gadgets api, which can be used with Gwt. – Ben Manes Apr 03 '12 at 19:34 — Ben Manes, Apr 03 '12 at 19:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '12 at 20:36

a portlet for a Google site would per definition be a Google Gadget.

A Google gadget is basically a piece of HTML and/or javascript, along with a accompanying XML specification. for more info see http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/reference.html.

Yes you can host the HTML/javavscript and XML spec on Google Appengine.
Yes you can write Google Gadget using GWT see also GWT gadgets
Yes you can write gadgets using Django as long as you generate a valid HTML/javascript and XML spec using Django

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