umm no. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Chris Lercher <[email protected]>wrote:
> About Dart: > > - I really (!) hope that Dart will succeed. > - Ideally, Dart would even become the new JavaScript alternative in all > browsers (however, AFAIK a few browser vendors have signaled, that this > ain't gonna happen). If not, then it could maybe still be successful with > dart2js. > > About GWT: > > - GWT allows to code in *Java* for the client side, which is perfect, if > you already use *Java* on the server side. > - There is no significant amount of existing Dart code for the server > side, so Dart does not have that advantage. > > Conclusion: > > "GWT + Dart" would be such an awesome combination: GWT compiling Java to > Dart. And then Dart to JS only if necessary. > > - This would require changing GWT internals, > > - but it wouldn't require changing the GWT API and programming techniques > much (except for low level JSNI and JSO) - remember, that a lot of the GWT > API is about manipulating the DOM (which stays the same no matter if the > underlying language is JS or Dart), handling browser events, ... > > - As long as you want to work with Java on the server side, it's a good > idea to use GWT - otherwise you'd have to duplicate common parts of your > code for the server (Java) and client side (Dart) - like in the medieval > days before GWT. (I hope we'll never have to fall back to that situation.) > > Alternative: > > The alternative would be that Dart also succeeds on the server side, > completely replacing Java. This is rather unlikely, but if things like O/R > mapping, fully-fledged IDEs, and anything of value that Java provides is > available in Dart someday, plus if it provides any real advantage over > Java, then I'm the first one to switch completely to Dart. Then we wouldn't > need GWT anymore, and Dart would probably adopt all useful GWT features. > (And it should be straightforward to port existing GWT code to Dart.) > > > On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:57:42 PM UTC+2, deepak chauhan wrote: >> >> One question is disturbing me from a long time. Why Google invented DART, >> when GWT is already there? > > > -- > 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/-/G02R2U9lzkcJ. > > 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.
