Well, as for me I am willing to do almost *anything* just for the sake of not having to write too many JavaScript lines :D
And GWT is such an awesome technology I am simply no getting why it's so underused.. On Sunday, 28 February 2016 23:15:17 UTC+1, Ed wrote: > > @Stefan > Totally Agree there are some points of concern. > > I am so used to doing things the "hard" way that I am immune to the > pitfalls. > > At the end of the day Eclipse give me what I need for my particular use > case. > > I usually do not use the build in server and deploy to jetty/tomcat > instances for testing. > > Best Regards, > > Ed > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Stefan Falk <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> @Ed: Don't get me wrong. I like Eclipse and I am basically an >> Eclipse-only developer. I would use it to brew coffee if there was a plug >> in. :D >> >> What I'm just missing are some basic support e.g. if I use GWTP I want to >> see some generated code. Java/GWT has some boilerplate code that could be >> generated. >> >> Another thing that annoys me is that @UiField thing. Sometimes it's >> really annoying to keep all the field names up-to-date. Renaming stuff is >> sometimes a but nasty. >> >> Then there's the thing with the code server.. I'd really appreciate a >> better view for the error messages that one gets there. You always have to >> search for the actual line that points out what's wrong instead of seeing >> that message in the Eclipse "Markers" view or something. >> >> One more thing that I miss is a better Project Explorer. The files are >> sorted by type and that means you get A.java B.java A.ui.xml B.ui.xml >> instead of A.java A.ui.xml B.java B.ui.xml. >> >> Since I am using gwt-maven-archetypes I even have to kill the Code Server >> by hand - I cannot use the Eclipse "Debug" or "Server" view for that. >> >> Maybe some of that stuff could be avoided or changed but it's not >> supported out of the box by Eclipse afaik. >> >> >> @Gilberto: Yes, that's actually a good point. The plugins can be >> sometimes a bit messy. >> >> @Rogelio: What kind of support are we talking here? It happens that I >> might have access to the Ultimate edition for free as a student. >> >> >> On Saturday, 27 February 2016 22:54:35 UTC+1, Rogelio Flores wrote: >>> >>> I find IntelliJ to be superior to eclipse, not only in its out of the >>> box (for the Ultimate edition--not free) support for GWT, but for almost >>> everything else. I was too an eclipse user for many years so I know the >>> difference. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 8:13:56 AM UTC-7, Gilberto wrote: >>>> >>>> Let's get real for a moment: Eclipse is a plug-in hell. >>>> >>>> Have you ever try to run a multi-module App Engine project with multi >>>> module GWT app, configured with Maven? Don't even try, go to the command >>>> line and run the server from there. >>>> >>>> Sometimes you lose days of work just setting up the environment. And >>>> that sucks. >>>> >>>> But, I still use it. I prefer how Eclipse deal with git and how it's >>>> code completion works (ctrl+space for everything, instead of a different >>>> shortcut for each type of code completion, like on IntelliJ). It's a >>>> matter >>>> of knowing what is possible and what is not inside the IDE, and which >>>> combination of plug-ins (and its versions) works for your project, and >>>> which don't. >>>> >>>> I have some friends that love IntelliJ and would never go back to >>>> Eclipse again. In my opinion, if you aren't crazy yet because of the >>>> plug-in hell, Eclipse can still do a good job. Like Ed said, it's the best >>>> free IDE available. >>>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
