The best UI library i ve found so far to use with GWT on the Desktop is Flex. Hard to believe to i ve tried them all. Nothing beats Flex on the Desktop.
2012/9/16 Manuel <[email protected]> > Hey, > > thanks for sharing your experience. > > I will take a look at the UI.Binder stuff. > > In the meantime i had a look at vaadin (Apache License Version 2.0), > another UI library. > Since this library works on the server-side, Iam not sure if this is a > considerable solution. > > Anyway, I guess I will stay with pure GWT for now. > There are more interesting things to take a look at besides UI :) > > Am Sonntag, 16. September 2012 19:26:02 UTC+2 schrieb Andrei: > >> I prefer the third option: I don't use either of them. I build very >> complex user interfaces, and so far I never regretted going with pure GWT. >> Here are a few advantages of this option: >> >> (a) Much smaller compiled code size. This also means faster compile times >> for developers and faster page load times for users. >> >> (b) Better performance. I had 3 years of experience with Sencha. Their >> widgets look nice (why we chose them in the first place), but in some >> complex UIs with lots of data you start to notice the lag relative to pure >> GWT. Remember that showcase widgets usually represent a very simple use >> case. >> >> (c) Easier customizations. The simpler the widget, the easier it is to >> modify it as you need. There is a lower probability of breaking something. >> >> (d) There is a lower probability that the next release of a library would >> break your code. I remember how much pain we had with Sencha's updates >> (2.0, 2.1, etc.) I hope it's much better now as Sencha moved closer to pure >> GWT implementation of their widgets. >> >> (e) Faster updates. Once a new feature is available in GWT, you can use >> it right away. With libraries you have to wait until their updates. >> >> I suggest that you use one of these libraries in two cases: >> >> 1. Your knowledge of CSS is not great, so you want a professional look >> for your app out of the box. >> >> 2. You see some widgets in these libraries that you absolutely must use, >> and you don't want to spend your time building them in pure GWT. >> >> P.S. Don't let GWT Designer drive your choice of a library. Once you >> learn GWT, you may end up never using the Designer. I find it much easier >> and faster to build new views in Ui:Binder, and then simply hit a refresh >> button in a browser to see how my page looks like. >> >> -- > 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/-/gmzdAKYlXIMJ. > > 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.
