I personally believe that someone at Google decided GWT is too complicated for web developers out there and has failed the test of getting traction (I know a lot of people are using it, but I think they were aiming for a number similar to the JS community). I personally think that Dart is out there only as an attempt to pull more Java Scripters in, because they feel GWT failed to do that. Dart runs natively on chrome, but also compiles to JS (just like GWT) - so it can support all modern browsers.
I started this thread because I feel there are a lot of GWT developers who really want to hear Google's thoughts about GWT in the future. I also feel that in this last year, people are discovering it and thinking about adopting more than before, but they are driven away by Google's official silence (Personally, I know of 3 companies who decided it is a risk, and chose BackBone.JS instead) Don't get me wrong, I am thankful to the contributors community, but I think Google should say something as Google about this. On Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:39:47 AM UTC+3, dominikz wrote: > > I actually think that the whole mess with Dart is actually to develop a > single platform for both Google products: Android and Chrome. > > Imagine that in a couple of years you could write in the same language > both native (to Android) and browser applications. Wouldn't it make be > great? Of course from Google perspective, if they are only thinking about > promoting their own products (Android), because they surely don't care > about Windows Phone or iPhone. > > In my opinion they are going a way to encourage to use their products and > discourage to use other's. Imagine you have (through Dart) a very easy way > of developing native application, or close to native with a web language > (Dart). Of course those would only have 'native' L&F for Android and > Chrome. For all the other browsers they will put some sort of > 'compatibility layer' (javascript) that will not have all those cool > features (animations, etc.). > If the developers catch this idea, people will tend to use Chrome and > Android more, because of a better experience. > > What do you think about that theory? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/-/7TEqGp-YnCEJ. 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.
