> > > That's the kind of "Enterprise world" behavior I'm talking about: > > - Tomcat 5.5, GWT 1.7, Java 5: > http://stackoverflow.com/q/14620961/116472 > - Maven 2, GWT 1.7, GXT 2.0.1: > http://stackoverflow.com/q/14583169/116472 > - JBoss ESB 4.7 locking down Eclipse to 3.5: > http://stackoverflow.com/q/14408205/116472 > - Glassfish 2.1.1 (released more than 3 years ago) not playing well > with GWT 2.5 (release 3 *months* ago): > http://stackoverflow.com/q/14345378/116472 > - GWT 2.0 needs maintenance, dev upgrades Eclipse (because the GPE no > longer exists for 3.5) but not GWT: > http://stackoverflow.com/q/14209846/116472 > > And they all happened *in January 2013* !!! >
That's what is scary with non-trivial web development as it is such a moving target. A web app working today might totally break tomorrow due to the fast pace of browser updates (initiated by Chrome and followed by Firefox). It's more scary for the future than say, traditional client-server Java development, which is much more stable as a platform in the long term. Really, web developement today is a free for all. Some many competiting API and frameworks for which you have no visibility. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
