In my opinion, Super Dev Mode is an awesome addition to Dev Mode. It fits in my workflow:
- For super-fast changes in client-side code (to fine-tune styling etc.), I use Dev Mode, with a Debugger attached, and a simple button on the page that rebuilds just the widget I am tuning. Nothing beats that in speed (<<1 sec reload). - When trying the real app without the intention to make client-side changes, I use Production Mode. - When I plan to make some bigger code changes e.g. to a Dialog (structural changes which a Java Debugger couldn't handle anyway), I use SuperDevMode, displaying only the Dialog. This gives me a quick UI and very high realism. The only problem I see is, that Super Dev Mode has been officially described as a "replacement" for Dev Mode. I don't know, if that's such a good idea. I agree with Andrew Mackenzie, that it would be basically good enough to have one browser (per OS) available for DevMode (reminds me of the old Hosted Mode). "Hosted Mode" for one browser + Super Dev Mode for all browsers would give me most of what I need. I imagine, that it would also allow "Hosted Mode" to be more optimized than the current Dev Mode (somehow I always had the feeling, that the old Hosted Mode reacted quicker than Dev Mode, but I could be wrong). I understand, that keeping the browser plugins up to date is not an easy task. And the current Dev Mode plugin situation is not good: - The Firefox Plugin *seriously* leaks memory (http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=7648), - Chrome plugin doesn't always work with latest Chrome (which is ok on Mac thanks to Chromatic, but it's hard to get old versions of Chromium on Linux) So currently, it's impossible to recommend *any* browser to use with DevMode on Linux (and also somewhat difficult for Windows). Which is a situation that should be resolved soon (maybe by fixing the Firefox plugin leak). I think, it should take priority over Super Dev Mode - because even if it maybe actually replaces Dev Mode someday, there's still a long way until it's fully there. -- 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/-/FJBhWhbDgUYJ. 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.
