Re: GWT 2.8 delays

It seems to me that the answer to a bad feeling is to contribute time and resources to help out, and I am going to try and do that. I would say that the number of developers isn't the only problem.  I can't understand why an earlier release wasn't made with Java 8 syntax support. My impression is that this could have been done a year ago.  It would have been a huge benefit for developers, and a morale boost for GWT users.  Also, why hasn't there been a request for developers on the GWT groups?  There have been requests to help with testing, but this gave the impression that a new release was perhaps only weeks away.  

I'm a dedicated GWT user.  I have substantial projects soon to be released.  I don't see GWT going anywhere, as there is nothing that provides what GWT does, which is to be able to write powerful web clients using code written in a popular language with great tool support.  I have found the ability to share code with non-web platforms to be outstanding - it's a ideal demonstration of DRY.

But GWT needs better publicity and communication. Only yesterday I saw a discussion about GWT on Quora in which it was stated that GWT was dead, and also that GWT was a bad idea because it led to more code on the server!  I'd love to see good material about GWT 2.8 (when it comes) on a site like infoq, to get GWT back into the 'headlines'.  Also a GWT conference is long overdue.

On Monday, 9 May 2016, P.G.Taboada <pgtaboada@gmail.com> wrote:

So many people depending on GWT, GWT depending on Java 8 support/ guava and Google does not work on the Java 8 API emulation. 3 devs working on Java 8 emulation in spare time.

Is it just me having a bad feeling here?

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