Hi Heart Beat,
As Andreas mentioned, you can't currently write GWT application in the
Groove language because the GWT compiler  Although I'm not very familiar
coding with Groovy, it seems that using a dynamic language as an abstraction
over another dynamic language would defeat some of the advantages of using
GWT. Because GWT currently works from Java source, it can perform sets of
optimizations that wouldn't be possible without the properties of a
strongly-typed language.

That said, if you're new to Java, it might seem a little overwhelming to
learn enough about it to code your GWT application. It actually isn't as bad
as you think, especially if you're generally familiar with object-oriented
programming. What's more, GWT doesn't use many advanced features of the Java
programming language, such as multi-threaded programming or File I/O,
because of the fact that the code you're writing is going to be converted to
JavaScript and is subject to the constraints of that world.

I recommend checking out the Getting Started tutorial if you're looking to
write a GWT application and want to become familiar enough with Java
programming to get started.

Getting Started tutorial:
http://code.google.com/docreader/#p=google-web-toolkit-doc-1-5&s=google-web-toolkit-doc-1-5&t=GettingStartedTutorial

Hope that helps,
-Sumit Chandel

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Andreas <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I don't think this is possible as GWT work on source-code level and
> not on the bytecode, which means a new cross-compiler from Grovy-
> >JavaScript would need to be written.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
> On Feb 5, 11:29 am, Heart Beat <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I wondered if the idea of writing GWT applications in Groovy language
> > instead of Java would be a super stupid or not.
> >
> > But for me, as I am new to Java world, it seems to be great idea.
> >
> > Any opinions or directions?
>
> >
>

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