Re: Are you happy with GWT?

yes I'm happy, and besides the other people reasons, I would like to share my experience from the point of view of reusing existing javascript toolkits and frameworks.

GWT let you define a Java API for any existing JavaScript toolkit or library.  The mechanism of translating an existing JavaScript API to a GWT Java API using GWT JSNI and JavaScriptObject (overlay types) is very mechanical, and can be boosted using a good api tool like eclipse editor's Java code Templates. Besides using overlaytypes gives a Java API with zero-overhead : your java calls will be literally translated to native javascript. No wrappers !

So in other words, GWT provides with good tools for easy and safe JavaScript toolkit definition and reuse in java. (at this time however is rare not to find a GWT version of a cool existing JavaScript toolkit).




On Friday, October 5, 2012 12:53:17 PM UTC-3, 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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