Well google acquired Instantiations so probably GWT designer will be open sourced in some form.
There are a bunch of must do's for GWT to be a credible alternative and if the might of Google cannot give us an end to end ajax toolkit then the likes of Sun microsystem's failing is no surprise. maybe free software is a tricky business. Must do's for GWT: 1) Where is my freaking DataBinding? I know i can add listeners and add MVP to do what we want, but the design seems fit for just simple UI's. Anyone looking for an alternative to Flex/SproutCore/Ajax/RIA should have better databinding support. 2) Give me a nice professional skin, for God's sake the enterprise skin should be easy to build and there should be better looking widgets. Even a blind person will cringe when he sees the GWT widgets. It makes me feel like Web 1.0 was so much better and i don't need AJAX. 3)Add some security/authorization/authentication support to widgets. Understood that it's fake security being on the client, but it's still needed for suppressing component display based on user roles. 4) DataBound widgets in GWT 2.1 are a shame compared to what EXT or SmartGWT grids offer. If they can do it in Javascript and it's too tough to do the same in GWT, then for God's sake stand up and say we give up, and add GodDamn wrappers to google branded javascripts. I have a hundred other things which i can think of but it seems like Google is not putting enough people behind GWT. Bruce/Ray/Sumit anyone? -- 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.
