On Thursday, May 16, 2013 10:44:33 AM UTC+2, Timothy Spear wrote:
>
> Inline style in each UiBinder xml file will not be maintainable. 
> From a code maintenance perspective stylesheets should be used extensively.
>

I find it much better for maintainability if the styles for a given 
"widget" is close to that widget, and there's nothing closer than "in the 
same file".
Let's just agree that we disagree on this point.
 

> The suggested solution for this is to include the css as part of the 
> ClientBundle as a resource. 
> This suggested solution is predicated on the following assumptions: 
> -- a single CSS file (yes you can have multiple files, but this is MX 
> nightmare. Which variable..... 
> -- User does not have the ability to change/select alternate CSS files 
> -- Prevents the application from being re-labeled by an OEM SaaS unless 
> you also provide source code 
> -- Now you have to maintain and keep in sync three separate items. Class 
> name in CSS, Variable Names in CssResource file, declarations in UiBinder 
> XML File 
>
> Now explain all the linkages to a junior developer who needs to change one 
> minor thing in a complex app.


Nothing prevents you from using "plain old CSS": link to the stylesheet 
from your HTML host page (and use SASS/LESS/whatever if you like) and use 
your class names in your UiBinder.
That's the only way to have swappable/updatable styles without handing out 
the source code; and it's not different than how you'd do it if you were 
using a pure-JS framework. GWT doesn't make anything "more complicated" 
here.

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