Maybe there is effectively going to be a fork? So if the interest was there could be GWT 2.9 - GWT 2.123
I think that might represent the truth that there is one user base that wants to build Java apps that happen to run in a browser vs users who are working on products that need to squeeze everything out of the browser. The discussion about classic dev mode didn't seem very healthy https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-web-toolkit/QSEjbhhHB4g maybe because of this split? On Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 5:13:12 PM UTC+1, steve Zara wrote: > > I'm eager for GWT 2.8 because of Lambda support, but I can't see that my > company will ever use GWT 3.0 if what you write is true. We have products > that make substantial use of GWT Widgets, and there is no prospect of > re-writing to some other system. GWT without the Widgets just isn't GWT - > it's just a Java -> JavaScript transpiler. We also use UIBinder heavily. > > Of course, this may not be what happens. It's a symptom of what seems to > be a common problem with GWT - lack of clear information about what is > happening with the project (still no sign of GWT 2.8, and no indication of > when there might be a sign). > > GWT really is wonderful and has been a source of great productivity for my > company for many years. I really hope the heart of it isn't slashed out to > produce some incompatible new version. > > On Saturday, 17 October 2015 11:36:45 UTC+1, salk31 wrote: >> >> Thanks Thomas, >> >> For my own use I'm going to keep a list of what I think I know >> http://salk31.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/gwt-30-migration.html corrections >> welcome. >> >> I can see why they want to reduce the scope of GWT and integrate (not >> build) but is such a high quality complete package in 2.7 it is a bit >> scary. I've had to use BroadVision, Vignette, Struts 1, Cocoon, Wicket... >> in the past and GWT felt like finally web development had grown up. >> o >> On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 5:44:25 PM UTC+1, Thomas Broyer wrote: >>> >>> I think nobody has such information yet; not even Google who are pushing >>> for the change. They do have many apps that use widgets and RPC today >>> (example: Google Groups, the exact app I'm typing this message into) and >>> will need to come up with a migration path for those apps too. >>> >>> On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 2:19:02 PM UTC+2, salk31 wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there a guide somewhere of migration path to 3.0 per feature? >>>> >>>> I've been trying to follow these threads but I'm still not sure on the >>>> future of things like RequestFactory and Editor. They heavily depend on >>>> GWT.create and the latter depends on Widgets, are they really going away? >>>> >>>> We have a large-ish app so want to start worrying about migration even >>>> if we are long way off. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:01:21 AM UTC+1, Jens wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Where can I read that GWT RPC and widget system will be dropped with >>>>>> GWT 3.0? Is there a presentation / doc online? >>>>>> >>>>>> And what does it mean that GWT.create will be dropped? >>>>>> >>>>>> And: really dropped or set as deprecated? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> GWT 3.0 drops support for JSNI and GWT.create(). JSNI will be replaced >>>>> with JsInterop and GWT.create() will be replaced with either annotation >>>>> processors (generate-with case) or dependency >>>>> injection/System.getProperty >>>>> (replace-with case). So all library code of GWT which depends on those >>>>> two >>>>> features need to be ported to the new GWT compiler. >>>>> >>>>> Widget is probably doable but GWT-RPC might be really difficult (if >>>>> not impossible) because the current GWT-RPC generator asks questions like >>>>> "give me all types that implement XYZ" which an annotation processor can >>>>> only hardly answer (if at all). GWT-RPC might be portable if some >>>>> refactoring in the app using GWT-RPC is acceptable (e.g. slapping >>>>> annotations on DTOs instead of marking them with Serializable). >>>>> >>>>> You can see videos about that topic from the GWT 2015 meet up at >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1yReUCGwGvrqscLu1EAyYRPrr0ceEHLE >>>>> >>>>> Slides are linked in the playlist description. >>>>> >>>>> -- J. >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
