On Jan 31, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Tycon wrote:
> > The point of GWT is that you can use java for the client side code, why is that important ? are you one of these "oh the JVM ! we NEED the JVM ! " types ? > > with most > of its core libraries, and you get better optimized javascript, and how come I was able to replace a simple table control that took 2 seconds to render with GWT with a simple one that took about .1 ? > > much better > development environment and tools (IDE, debugger). every development platform has IDEs and debuggers. > > This is superior compared to using any javascript framework, none of > which offers > the comprehensive high level libraries that java provides. wow...good luck. sounds like you've never used java before. > > > On Jan 31, 2:20 pm, MilesTogoe <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tycon wrote: >>> I'm planning on using GWT only for client side code and doing all >>> server calls >>> using JSON, and not using GWT's RPC mechanism. So I guess that would >>> avoid the problem you are talking about ? >> >>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but neither Perl/CGI not Pylons/Rails etc >>> CANNOT >>> be used to create a gmail-like application, unless you resort to >>> hand >>> writing >>> the entire UI (which runs wholly on the client) in javascript (good >>> luck with >>> that !). >> >> you are way off here - it is quite doable to create a nice GUI with >> Rails (or Pylons or Werkzeug or ...) and use Prototype or add in some >> jQuery (or your js framework of choice) for fast client side actions. >> Just look at some of the 37 Signals apps - but if you want to use GWT >> that's fine, your choice. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
