Re: Are you happy with GWT?

Thanks Roger!  Yes we would be building to JSON endpoints as well.  Great to hear your feedback.

On Friday, October 5, 2012 12:50:00 PM UTC-4, Roger wrote:

So, let me give my take on GWT (and add, I'm' happy).

I use GWT, UIBinder, and JavascriptOverlayObjects to handle my tempting, i8n and client side business logic code (event bus, writing happy things like if (account.isOpen()) etc)

I use 100% ajax calls to JSON endpoints.. I don't use gwt-rpc.

I use GWTQuery or JSNI =-> jquery for 99% of my actual DOM manipulation & event handling.

GWT/Java people can read it.

The web designer / html / css / jquery people can read it.

Best,

Roger

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Paul Robinson wrote:

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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