My rant about GXT: http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit/msg/693cacbce437d08a
The summary: GXT was a waste of $600 and one month of my time. Please don't emulate GXT. Jeff On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Slava Lovkiy <[email protected]> wrote: > I am 100% agree about GXT Api as being not extensible, causing to > produce parallel suite of widgets. > > On Sep 30, 3:39 am, Jeff Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> GWT may not have the most perfect API design, but saying GXT is a >> design to implement is laughable at best. GXT has just barely enough >> good things to make it worth using. BARELY. I keep their crappy >> library segregated behind interfaces and wrap all their even types >> waiting for the day I can rip that giant pile of crap out of my >> project. >> >> Tell me without going to the docs or drilling into their source what >> events a GXT button can handle. You can't by just looking at their >> API. You want to extend some of their controls, you're screwed >> because they, for not reason I'm able to discern, have tons of private >> variables with no getter/setter. If you want slow crappy code where >> you're constantly forced to go to the documentation then use GXT. If >> you want to extend one of their classes you could easily be copy/ >> pasting a ton of their code/heirarchy in order to get some minimal >> functionality included. >> >> On Sep 29, 9:06 am, markM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I think we often times forget too that folks are producing these >> > products for us for free. One can always pay for GWT EXT if they >> > like. >> >> > On Sep 28, 12:38 pm, Brett Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Not to mention none of those three things have to do with "API Design"... >> >> > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> >> > > > On Sep 28, 4:29 pm, Greg Dougherty <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > Well, look at the JavaDoc for extended by >> > > > > com.google.gwt.dom.client.Style.Unit (AKA Style.Unit). I don't think >> > > > > it's possible to write worse "Documentation" than that, other than >> > > > > perhaps writing something that is actively and consistently wrong. >> >> > > > Which doc are you talking about? the "CSS length units" part? (what >> > > > more should it say? if you don't know what a CSS length unit is, you'd >> > > > better stop doing web dev; or start learning CSS) the values and >> > > > valueOf part? (they're not in the code, they come with the "enum" >> > > > type, just like "extends java.lang.Enum<Style.Unit>") >> >> > > > > I assume people actually test code before it gets added to the >> > > > > project. I assume those text cases are a pretty through workout of >> > > > > all the code's claimed features. It's an Open Source project, so I >> > > > > assume there's no commercial reason to keep those test cases hidden. >> >> > > > You mean these test cases? >> >> > > >http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/browse/trunk/user/... >> >> > > > > Given that, why are there no *LayoutPanels in Showcase? >> >> > > > Fixed:http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/source/detail?r=8766 >> >> > > > -- >> > > > 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]<google-web-toolkit%2Bunsubs >> > > > [email protected]> >> > > > . >> > > > For more options, visit this group at >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.-Hidequoted >> > > >text - >> >> > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
