yes I'm happy, and besides the other people reasons, I would like to share my experience from the point of view of reusing existing javascript toolkits and frameworks.
GWT let you define a Java API for any existing JavaScript toolkit or library. The mechanism of translating an existing JavaScript API to a GWT Java API using GWT JSNI and JavaScriptObject (overlay types) is very mechanical, and can be boosted using a good api tool like eclipse editor's Java code Templates. Besides using overlaytypes gives a Java API with zero-overhead : your java calls will be literally translated to native javascript. No wrappers ! So in other words, GWT provides with good tools for easy and safe JavaScript toolkit definition and reuse in java. (at this time however is rare not to find a GWT version of a cool existing JavaScript toolkit). On Friday, October 5, 2012 12:53:17 PM UTC-3, 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/-/oiHEVv8ykcEJ. 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.
