Exactly, we have a few java programmers(swing and j2ee pros) and when we started to have to hack javascript, etc. the project was just doomed. We finished what was done in 3 months(3 months excluded the GWT learning curve of 2 months of prototyping and rolling out small GWT "applets" for the client) with swing in 2 weeks. I was not hard to convince the Microsoft based client that rolling out a JRE on the desktops was not such a bad thing...
Eugene On 5/31/07, Fritz Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For big tables the solution was to create our own table components that use > plain strings and HTML, rather than a widget for each cell. That seems > pretty fast, but I'll admit we aren't handling as much data as you describe > though. Time spent in CSS compared to development time doesn't seem > horrific, but then I wasn't around when stylesheets were being set up. > > OTOH, there are weird bugs that spring up every now and then... things that > need an experience javascript hacker to fix them. Not ideal, I guess. > > > On 5/31/07, Eugene Robert De Villiers Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think so. > > > > We've tried to write our backend using gwt and unless you are prepared > > to do alot of info architecture sidestepping issues like big data > > grids, heavy panel swapping you will find alot of bugs. All configured > > bugs though. > > > > Now we are back on swing with webstart, and very happy to throw 5000 > > records in a table :) GWT would take like 6 seconds(browser time) to > > load a grid with 500 rows, 4 columns, and 4 bytes per column. So I > > guess I am saying : don't use gwt for data heavy(tables, grids, etc) > > applications. > > > > Other than that, it is not cross platform ready, I don't care what > > they say :) You have to spend SO much time in css to try and get > > things similar. > > > > Debugger is a joy working with and the documentation is great. The > > debugging browser is a bit slow and could frustrate some developers. > > > > Community support is not bad at all and the developers make an effort to > listen. > > > > I would not base a >3 month project on it, the risks are just too high. > > > > Cheers, > > Eugene > > > > On 5/31/07, Jeff Mutonho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 5/31/07, Fritz Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Google keep releasing cool tools / frameworks, amongst others: > > > > > > > > GWT - http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/ > > > > > > > > > Is GWT production ready? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Don't take the name of root in vain." > > > > > > Jeff Mutonho > > > Cape Town > > > South Africa > > > > > > GoogleTalk : ejbengine > > > Skype : ejbengine > > > Registered Linux user number 366042 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
