"And GWT is such an awesome technology I am simply no getting why it's so underused.."
Advertissement :) On 29 February 2016 at 01:02, Stefan Falk <stefan.r.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, as for me I am willing to do almost *anything* just for the sake of > not having to write too many JavaScript lines :D > > And GWT is such an awesome technology I am simply no getting why it's so > underused.. > > > On Sunday, 28 February 2016 23:15:17 UTC+1, Ed wrote: >> >> @Stefan >> Totally Agree there are some points of concern. >> >> I am so used to doing things the "hard" way that I am immune to the >> pitfalls. >> >> At the end of the day Eclipse give me what I need for my particular use >> case. >> >> I usually do not use the build in server and deploy to jetty/tomcat >> instances for testing. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Ed >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Stefan Falk <stefan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> @Ed: Don't get me wrong. I like Eclipse and I am basically an >>> Eclipse-only developer. I would use it to brew coffee if there was a plug >>> in. :D >>> >>> What I'm just missing are some basic support e.g. if I use GWTP I want >>> to see some generated code. Java/GWT has some boilerplate code that could >>> be generated. >>> >>> Another thing that annoys me is that @UiField thing. Sometimes it's >>> really annoying to keep all the field names up-to-date. Renaming stuff is >>> sometimes a but nasty. >>> >>> Then there's the thing with the code server.. I'd really appreciate a >>> better view for the error messages that one gets there. You always have to >>> search for the actual line that points out what's wrong instead of seeing >>> that message in the Eclipse "Markers" view or something. >>> >>> One more thing that I miss is a better Project Explorer. The files are >>> sorted by type and that means you get A.java B.java A.ui.xml B.ui.xml >>> instead of A.java A.ui.xml B.java B.ui.xml. >>> >>> Since I am using gwt-maven-archetypes I even have to kill the Code >>> Server by hand - I cannot use the Eclipse "Debug" or "Server" view for >>> that. >>> >>> Maybe some of that stuff could be avoided or changed but it's not >>> supported out of the box by Eclipse afaik. >>> >>> >>> @Gilberto: Yes, that's actually a good point. The plugins can be >>> sometimes a bit messy. >>> >>> @Rogelio: What kind of support are we talking here? It happens that I >>> might have access to the Ultimate edition for free as a student. >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, 27 February 2016 22:54:35 UTC+1, Rogelio Flores wrote: >>>> >>>> I find IntelliJ to be superior to eclipse, not only in its out of the >>>> box (for the Ultimate edition--not free) support for GWT, but for almost >>>> everything else. I was too an eclipse user for many years so I know the >>>> difference. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 8:13:56 AM UTC-7, Gilberto wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Let's get real for a moment: Eclipse is a plug-in hell. >>>>> >>>>> Have you ever try to run a multi-module App Engine project with multi >>>>> module GWT app, configured with Maven? Don't even try, go to the command >>>>> line and run the server from there. >>>>> >>>>> Sometimes you lose days of work just setting up the environment. And >>>>> that sucks. >>>>> >>>>> But, I still use it. I prefer how Eclipse deal with git and how it's >>>>> code completion works (ctrl+space for everything, instead of a different >>>>> shortcut for each type of code completion, like on IntelliJ). It's a >>>>> matter >>>>> of knowing what is possible and what is not inside the IDE, and which >>>>> combination of plug-ins (and its versions) works for your project, and >>>>> which don't. >>>>> >>>>> I have some friends that love IntelliJ and would never go back to >>>>> Eclipse again. In my opinion, if you aren't crazy yet because of the >>>>> plug-in hell, Eclipse can still do a good job. Like Ed said, it's the best >>>>> free IDE available. >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "GWT Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to google-we...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alain Ekambi Co-Founder Ahomé Innovation Technologies http://www.ahome-it.com/ <http://ahome-it.com/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. 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