So i'd read up on having your PHP services produce JSON, and GWT's use of RequestBuilder + JavascriptOverlayObjects. I've put plenty of GWT ui's on front of rails, grails, php back ends etc.
TO note: I love javascript.. use it all the time for personal projects.. I just happen to like the blend these days to separate concerns a bit. Best, Roger On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Charlie Youakim wrote: > Thanks for the early replies. I also wanted to point out we use PHP on the > server side, and I'm happy with that. I feel like our struggles are mostly > with JS on the client side, which is why I'm looking at GWT. > > On Friday, October 5, 2012 11:53:17 AM UTC-4, 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/-/uZ_XLWOVNgsJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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.
