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Is Anyone Using the Google Web Toolkit?

Posted by kdawson on from the seemed-like-a-good-idea dept.

eldavojohn writes "After seeing some applications from Google and participating in the Google Codejam (which seems to be built using the GWT), I kind of expected to see websites spring up left and right based off the GWT. Well, it's been a year and a half since they open sourced it and I have to admit that I am more than a little disappointed by its low profile in the UI community. I've been trolling their blog and have seen a few books out on it. But the one thing I'm not seeing is its use outside of Google. I've worked through the examples and tutorials at home and though I've been impressed with the speed, I am disturbed by the actual result — a whole ton of generated Javascript. But this is the first UI technology I've found where I can write in the native language of the server (Java) to generate and unit-test the UI code. Aside from Google's use and the games of Ryan Dewsbury like KDice & GPokr, does anyone know of major sites using the GWT? If you don't and you've used it yourself, why isn't it taking off? Is it too immature? Is it a solution to a problem that already has too many solutions? Is it fundamentally lacking in some way?"

10 of 470 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Why the conclusions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I asked a few guys in a neighborhood bar last night, and no one knew about GWT, so extrapolating my sample means that they have 0% coverage.

  2. Re:The secret shame of Web 2.0 by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    The secret shame of Web 2.0^W^W^W^W programming in general

    Fixed that for you.

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  3. Re:General rule of thumb by msuarezalvarez · · Score: 3, Funny

    You must beone of the REAL PROGRAMMERS one keeps hearing about who do not use compilers...

  4. Re:To me, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you get to the roof in a wheel chair?

  5. Re:fr0sty piss by hostyle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Er. Thats not the comment I meant to reply to ...

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  6. Re:The secret shame of Web 2.0 by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aha, gotcha! I knew someone would pedant all over me no matter how many "^W"s I put in there. You'll be happy (or possibly appalled) to know that I actually opened up a gvim window, pasted my text in there, and hit control-W, counting the presses till I got the desired result. First one kills "0", second kills ".", third kills "2", fourth kills "Web ".

    Too bad Slashdot doesn't allow the <strike> tag, which I would prefer.

    You may now pelt me with taunts of "NERRRD!!".

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  7. Re:The secret shame of Web 2.0 by Fred_A · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mostly because no one's really gotten it right yet

    Presumably, everybody is waiting for Web 2.1 or 2.2.

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  8. Re:one fairly large website that uses GWT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    wow

  9. Re:Why are you expecting this? by Reverend528 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, this comment I think wins the Best Java Troll on SlashDot for this month.

    Thanks. I'm always glad to see that my work is appreciated.

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  10. Re:Why are you expecting this? by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
    it almost boggles my mind to try to construct a response that sets the record straight.

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    Slashdot is not exactly "the record."