In a word: yes. You also need to decide whether to use a third party library like Sencha's GXT and SmartClient's SmartGWT. Personally, I chose vanilla GWT and have never once regretted choosing GWT or choosing not to use an external widget library.
Paul On 05/10/12 16:53, Charlie Youakim wrote: > I'm deciding on whether to switch my team to GWT. I think the biggest thing > for me as the tech lead for the company is "Are you happy with your choice to > use GWT?" > > My reasons for thinking to switch: > > -Javascript is a fast and free language, sometimes too fast and free for a > large team. Coding standards can vary from developer to developer, and > maintaining architectures can be difficult > -Javascript mistakes are only caught in runtime. The fact that GWT(Java) > would catch 90+% of our simple mistakes makes me more confident that our > clients won't. > -Javascript allows for rapid development, but not so rapid bug fixing. > -Strict Java coding + a strong architecture at the outset creates a great > foundation to build from. I've even seen this in my firm's Android apps. > They are very stable. > > But for me, I'd really like to hear from developers active in the community. > Are you happy? Or do you wish you went a different route? My goal is to > have my dev team work more on new projects rather than fixing old projects. > I am hoping that GWT can help with that. thoughts? > > -Charlie > -- > 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/-/7HVAiaphHqwJ. > 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.
