The reports of GWT's death have been greatly exaggerated.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=191570

On Monday, July 23, 2012 5:14:49 PM UTC+10, AG wrote:
>
> I'm an Architect and we have been looking to port our legacy HTML w/ Java 
> Script based web app  (with java backend) to a next generation web 
> application. We are a java shop so GWT is very popular with our developers 
> and I have been so called GWT fan-boy all along.
>
> However, lately I'm strongly considering moving away from GWT. Following 
> are my observations that are scaring me to start looking for GWT 
> alternatives:
>
> 1. Larry Page has been killing no-so-happening (or revenue generating) 
> projects from google. I was reading that 30+ projects have already been 
> killed/shelved ever since Larry became CEO.
>   -- I understand the need for this and I also understand that GWT 
> currently enjoys a healthy developer community. 
>
> 2. DART - Looks like its the next big thing within google to develop web 
> applications. As a google outsider, at least this is what it seems like. 
> Google IO 2012 has no sessions for GWT while DART had several and there is 
> even a session to convert GWT apps to DART.
>
> 3. The latest update to Google Developer portal (
> http://developers.google.com) has no direct links to GWT. The web 
> development section goes to chrome. 
>
> I think the GWT team can address some of my concerns but it would be great 
> if Google's management can stand behind GWT as a platform of choice for web 
> development - similar to how Microsoft stands behind theirs development 
> platforms. 
>
> AG
>
>
>

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