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
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