Re: GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-26 Thread emurmur
I agree with what James wrote. There is a whole class of alt-js languages that compile to javascript. GWT if by far the most mature and usable. You can use the mature widget library for Enterprise kinds of stuff, our use low level browser api's and Elemental to write 'to the metal' browser

Re: GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-26 Thread James Nelson
Hey emurmur, I'm actually about a week or two away from releasing a fork of the collide project (a collaborative web IDE built by Google, but abandoned when they closed Atlanta). It has an integrated gwt compiler that runs in the server, and super-dev-mode recompiles it's own running source

Re: GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-25 Thread James Nelson
GWT is still alive and well. 2.5.1 is getting released soon, and work is happening on 2.6 already. The main reason why there is less attention being paid to GWT is that it is a mature library; there's still lots of work and maintenance to do, but as for the core features, it's all there

GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-22 Thread Joe Attardi
With recent things like the development of Dart and the moving of GWT to a steering committee, I'm a little uncertain about GWT's future. To those of you more experienced with it - does it still make sense to use for new projects? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-22 Thread MAQ
There has been quite some talk about that especially after the release of GWT 2.5 and the transition to a steering committee. Check the following posts: The Future of GWT Report 2012https://vaadin.com/blog/-/blogs/the-future-of-gwt-report-2012 The History and Future of Google Web

Re: GWT still viable for new projects?

2013-02-22 Thread Joe Attardi
Thanks, I'll take a look at those. On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:31 PM, MAQ m4des...@gmail.com wrote: There has been quite some talk about that especially after the release of GWT 2.5 and the transition to a steering committee. Check the following posts: The Future of GWT Report