Re: Are you happy with GWT?

In a word: yes.

You also need to decide whether to use a third party library like Sencha's GXT and SmartClient's SmartGWT. Personally, I chose vanilla GWT and have never once regretted choosing GWT or choosing not to use an external widget library.

Paul

On 05/10/12 16:53, Charlie Youakim wrote:
> I'm deciding on whether to switch my team to GWT. I think the biggest thing for me as the tech lead for the company is "Are you happy with your choice to use GWT?"
>
> My reasons for thinking to switch:
>
> -Javascript is a fast and free language, sometimes too fast and free for a large team. Coding standards can vary from developer to developer, and maintaining architectures can be difficult
> -Javascript mistakes are only caught in runtime. The fact that GWT(Java) would catch 90+% of our simple mistakes makes me more confident that our clients won't.
> -Javascript allows for rapid development, but not so rapid bug fixing.
> -Strict Java coding + a strong architecture at the outset creates a great foundation to build from. I've even seen this in my firm's Android apps. They are very stable.
>
> But for me, I'd really like to hear from developers active in the community. Are you happy? Or do you wish you went a different route? My goal is to have my dev team work more on new projects rather than fixing old projects. I am hoping that GWT can help with that. thoughts?
>
> -Charlie
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