In my experience it doesn't play any roles in what programming language an app is written but if it is huge, chaotic and no unit tests, it is very difficult to debug and to extend. I have a huge Java webapp and different devs working on it... Luckily Java is statically-typed and Java IDE is very good today, so it helps a lot...
So it won't help just to move to a new tech stack (Angular, TS, etc.) and still writing a huge app. Anything which is big enough will be hard to maintain. About GWT skills, IMHO, if one could embrace HTML, DOM, WebAPIs from web browser and of course knows Java, she / he could work on GWT / Vue.js or whatever it is. For the details you need to try it anyway... Just my 2c. Edson Richter schrieb am Montag, 25. Januar 2021 um 14:58:09 UTC+1: > Just in case... Many people suggests to hire "pros" and "experts": it is > my fault, because I've not provided my background. I do work with TI for > about 35 years, programming in 15 or more languages (stopped counting long > ago), a MS System Engineer and Lotus Notes Professional (!!!) since 1995, > heavy background on networks and protocols... Even as CTO of my own company > often I do code hacking nights because I love technology. I"be been using > Gwt since 2.0... Our project started on Gwt in 2009... I had to edit gwt > source code many times to fix things that has not been fixed (like timezone > DST), and created many hacks in javascript inside my java code. After many > years teaching developers to work with gwt (this is another problem: to > hire developers with gwt skills), I've made a plan, and we are working on > it. So sar, so good, we still be working with gwt for a year or two. But, > then, I smile everytime I (or my team) need to debug something - either > server side or client side. In huge applications like ours, it's like > having pockets full of gold, even having to mine them hard. > > Em dom, 24 de jan de 2021 10:01, <[email protected]> escreveu: > >> [email protected] >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/google-web-toolkit/topics> >> Google >> Groups >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> >> >> Today's topic summary >> View all topics >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/google-web-toolkit/topics> >> >> >> - Why Don’t You Use Java for Programming the Client-Side Web Apps on >> Web Browser? >> <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_group_thread_0> - 1 >> Update >> - Our 10+ year journey with GWT (+ job opening) >> <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_group_thread_1> - 3 >> Updates >> - Abridged summary of [email protected] - 2 updates in 1 >> topic <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_group_thread_2> - 3 >> Updates >> >> Why Don’t You Use Java for Programming the Client-Side Web Apps on Web >> Browser? >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/t/ee996d7ded70de92?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>: Jan 24 03:36AM -0800 >> >> Hi, I see that everyone leaves 2c, so I will do the same. >> But before few words about my background - 6 years with GWT+SmartGWT and >> now 3 years with VueJS + Vuetify + Typescript. >> ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/bbd75f6222b14?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Back to top <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_digest_top> >> Our 10+ year journey with GWT (+ job opening) >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/t/46b620b6d16d1351?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>: Jan 23 11:41AM -0800 >> >> @RobW: Thanks for the insight. >> >> I also think that such an app modernization process is the most >> reasonable >> way. >> >> I never had a chance in my job as software developer and architect to >> ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/b8952043f7074?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Peter Donald <[email protected]>: Jan 24 04:13PM +1100 >> >> FWIW - about 3 years ago we started to rewrite a suite of apps built using >> a collection of technologies from AWT/SWING Desktop apps, jruby/rails, >> jsp/jsf, gwt applications and some of the suite has ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/ba89deaa56577?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Vassilis Virvilis <[email protected]>: Jan 24 11:16AM +0200 >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> That's a very good insight. Thanks for sharing. >> >> I do not have a +10 years product in GWT yet (6+) but I have +10 overall >> experience. What looked like a game changer for me was the ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/bb5db6b1cbc00?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Back to top <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_digest_top> >> Abridged summary of [email protected] - 2 updates in 1 topic >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/t/3d12b1c47504fc5?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Edson Richter <[email protected]>: Jan 23 11:56AM -0300 >> >> After fighting with no debug working on gwt (yeah, believe me, tryied >> everything) and fighting hard with missing date/time daylight savings time >> horror stories, we decided to move gradually to ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/b7a031b179f52?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>: Jan 23 11:21AM -0800 >> >> I'm sorry to hear your problem with debugging and daylight saving time... >> In such case I would just take a paid / professional consulting like e.g. >> Vertispan to solve my problems. ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/b883eb681cacd?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Vegegoku <[email protected]>: Jan 23 12:32PM -0800 >> >> Rewrite in most cases is just a wrong step, doing it gradually may make >> it >> less expensive but it is still a very expensive approach, I have always >> been wondering why companies prefer a rewrite ...more >> <http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/b8c1fe1e4c310?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> >> >> Back to top <#m_747421723609553067_m_-351152710221180804_digest_top> >> You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this >> group. 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