I also would like to extend my thanks to current GWT maintainers. Your work is greatly appreciated.
I am also glad to see this mailing list shows life signs again after a long time of slow traffic. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 10:07 PM Juan Pablo Gardella < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, I'm still using it since ie6 era. > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 12:41 PM Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very big "Thank you" from me too :-) >> >> Op zondag 8 december 2024 om 03:01:54 UTC+1 schreef [email protected]: >> >>> I concur. Without GWT, I would be working in the NPM universe. Yuck! >>> On Friday, December 6, 2024 at 5:15:53 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Well said. >>>> >>>> I started with GWT at its birth. >>>> >>>> Being able to write the frontend in Java is what attracted me, which >>>> was a very strong desire of mine at the time. >>>> >>>> Since then GWT has evolved, >>>> probably inspiring development of other frameworks with ability to >>>> write the frontend in Java >>>> and even though DevMode has started becoming difficult to maintain, >>>> unfortunately pointing to its retirement as a discouraged practice, the >>>> principles are still sound and the pure Java advantage remains a strong >>>> motivation in my view. >>>> >>>> Thanks GWT & Maintainers! >>>> >>>> On Friday, 6 December 2024 at 22:22:33 UTC Craig Mitchell wrote: >>>> >>>> Thank you from me too! >>>> >>>> And if WASM was integrated into GWT, I'd be even more thankful. 😉 >>>> >>>> On Friday, 6 December 2024 at 4:49:05 pm UTC+11 Leon Pennings wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> I would like to post this as an appreciation message how glad I am GWT >>>> exists, and want to give props to the maintainers. >>>> >>>> I've first started GWT somewhere around 2007 when I joined a company >>>> that was developing an application using GWT. >>>> Initially I liked that GWT made it possible to write the frontend in >>>> Java. Any integration issues between frontend and backend basically >>>> disappeared. >>>> Everything was awesome until we had a code review on the generated >>>> html/css on the frontend by a frontend specialist. >>>> We got destroying on that review because we had a div explosion and the >>>> html was non-functional, so not a good scenario for screenreaders (for >>>> blind people). >>>> So we hired that same specialist to setup the html structure with >>>> accompanying css for the frontend. We then built GWT components to generate >>>> that exact same structure, and used his css. >>>> That turned out to be a very practical marriage. >>>> The integration between ui and backend was still 100% java, we had >>>> compile time validation in the IDE and in the build, and we were perfectly >>>> in line with UI specs with a very functional html structure. Plus we could >>>> make components do whatever we want. >>>> >>>> At one point we've made a network drawing tool with html5Canvas, all >>>> fully developed with GWT. We had persons and entities draw themselves on a >>>> canvas. And we've made animated dashboard widgets that way too. Fun part >>>> was that the business could copy paste the widgets into their reports, as >>>> it were images. >>>> >>>> Anyway I've been working this way ever since, with resident (or hired) >>>> html specialists and designers designing the frontend structure, which we >>>> would then develop to be able to generate the same from GWT. So far I know >>>> of no other framework that provides this functionality. And if there is, I >>>> doubt integration with Java is this simple. >>>> Simplicity is a good way to achieve stability & predictability - so I'm >>>> a happy person! >>>> >>>> Thanks GWT & Maintainers! >>>> >>>> Rg, >>>> >>>> Leon.. >>>> >>>> -- >> 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 view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit/4c7b8bb7-b1cf-4ac7-9fca-9eb0d6d482ean%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit/4c7b8bb7-b1cf-4ac7-9fca-9eb0d6d482ean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit/CA%2BkiFse_aJakS%3DQpMFM%3DK%3Dak3Osta%2BJU5yKBr3i9L5Rum087GA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit/CA%2BkiFse_aJakS%3DQpMFM%3DK%3Dak3Osta%2BJU5yKBr3i9L5Rum087GA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Vassilis Virvilis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. 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