two weeks ago we started a huge (2 years of dev time) enterprise app using Vaadin (ie, gwt). after talking to the Vaadin team, im not worried. it is a VERY nice platform to work on, IMHO. nearly all the GWT boiler plate code is eliminated by Vaadin and GWT only compiles when we make a change with our custom components, which are written in GWT. It does feel great to be building a more or less true event driven UI again after years of trying various work around techniques with all other UI frameworks.
We decided in our process that even if GWT hits end of life, it is functionality will take us well into the future. but, as added insurance, we abstracted it out with Spring MVC just in case we had to change it out with something else 5+ years from now. again, im not worried. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:00:35 +0200, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> >>> Back to the original point, a possible theory is that Google is tired of >>> Javascript, which wouldn't be a big surprise given their focus on Dart. >>> So >>> >>> they could be working to a replacement of GWT made with Dart that >>> overcomes the hassles of GWT development. In the meantime, people can >>> still use and develop with GWT since it's being handled by its community. >>> >>> >>> >> Well, except that Google is just replacing one cross-compiler with another >> - no less JavaScript, Chrome with native Dart support is still very much >> work in progress and it's unlikely that all browsers will gain native >> > > Sure, we're talking of a perspective of a few years, not something that > happens next Fall. > > > support the first couple of years. >> > > The difference is that Dart, if I correctly recall, is not cross-compiled > but cross-interpreted to JavaScript. This means no long, multiple > cross-compilation, right? > > And for what concerns other browsers, let's not forget that in the > meantime Chrome's market share is more or less on par with Internet > Explorer and well above Firefox. In a while they could be #1 and in future > they could have the chance of launching some Dart killer application, so > competition could *have* to add support for it. Again, just speculating. > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. > > -- You want it fast, cheap, or right. Pick two!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
