+1 I think GWT is a great tool. If google don't kill it then sooner or later all companies will be looking into it. Google should not drop products in a hurry, if it wants to build a reputation like "No body has lost a job if he/she has selected Google product". I hope google's senior management understands that.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Blake McBride <blake1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I strongly disagree with this. First of all browser technology and HTML > are in constant flux. If GWT is not updated, it will very soon become > out-of-date (bugs in new browsers) and unusable (reliably usable over a > broad base of browsers and platforms). Secondly, building apps with GWT is > a full time job. Having to understand and maintain GWT makes two full time > jobs. Building GWT apps could easily be a multi-million dollar effort - > and so could maintaining GWT. This is a huge, huge risk! > > Another issue I've seen this many times before. When Windows became > popular, many developer tools appeared. Many were quite good. IMO, the > worst development environment by far was Microsoft's MFC. Virtually all of > the other tools either sold out or got dropped. Management often chose MFC > over other tool because they were non-technical and the old IBM adage > applied to Microsoft "no one ever lost their job by selecting Microsoft" > ruled. In the end, the industry largely settled on the absolute lowest > common denominator. Innovation in that area, for all practical purposes, > is dead. > > Now we have ASP, JSP, and other popular mashups out there. I am utterly > shocked how poor they are (although to their credit, they are trying to > solve practical problems given an environment that was clearly not meant to > support what they are attempting!). These environments are among the worst > I've ever seen. It's one kludgy work around after another with three > totally different environments attempting to interact. GWT goes a very > long way to solve this very significant problem. However, GWT is a total > waste of time if you risk your entire company on it and it gets dropped. > In terms of financial risk, very unfortunately, tool popularity and > support beats functionality, elegance, and productivity every time. > > A statement of commitment from Google would make a huge difference to me. > > Blake McBride > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Frank <frank.wyna...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> GWT will also not go away... >> If you have downloaded GWT on your computer you just can keep using it >> even years after Google has dropped GWT... >> Just like you still can program in QuickBasic or something. >> >> GWT doesn't need anything from Google on the web to operate. >> >> I will just keep using GWT if Google drops it, and see keep an eye on >> Dart. >> >> Op donderdag 12 april 2012 10:00:15 UTC+2 schreef dominikz het volgende: >> >>> >>> I've been for years with technologies like SAP or AS/400. Those are >>> really annoying when you try to do something modern. But the thing that is >>> good about them is that they never go away. I understand that Google needs >>> to try new things (dart). But turning away from such a big project like GWT >>> is stabbing yourself in the back. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/-/TSws9XOf334J. >> >> To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
