@Ian: I'm a Java web developer and it took some adjusting at first. It's NOT like any other web framework, I think you have to approach it as writing a desktop application, not a web app. This idea of Events, MPC, layouts etc are all desktop app idioms.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:05 PM, mariyan nenchev <[email protected]> wrote: > Why don't you try learining new stuff(like gwt) and try to fit everywhere? > It is not any rocket science.... > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:55 PM, mattkime <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My company is examining front end technologies and we're a java shop >> so everyone is interested in GWT. As a web developer (the html/css/ >> javascript type - and i _like_ javascript) I'm curious where I fit in. >> I've paged through a number of books and watched a number of online >> videos and it seems that one argument for using GWT is to remove me >> from the process. That can't be entirely true. >> >> Yes, there is CSS development. However, its not unusual to need to >> edit html in order to get the required appearance. Further, there is >> the development of new widgets. Yes, I've read the FAQ but I still >> don't see where my html lives. Is there complete documentation on this >> somewhere? >> >> Finally, does GWT really free you from browser incompatibility >> concerns? I've seen examples in books that would indicate otherwise >> which is disappointing. Very rarely do I see reason for platform >> specific code in css or js, i would certainly never want it to creep >> into the java which i think all java devs will agree with. >> >> Oh, and how do java developers feel about taking over responsibility >> for something that would have been a web developer task? While it may >> sound good in theory, its my guess that many java developers would >> prefer to avoid the front end all together. >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
