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I agree totally. Coding in eclipse with all of its type safety tools is a dream. I also wonder if Java bashers have overcome learning curve to see what Eclipse

I agree totally. Coding in eclipse with all of its type safety tools is a dream. I also wonder if Java bashers have overcome learning curve to see what Eclipse offers. Its unfortunate few of the web hacker types see Java as anything but an "Enterprise" language. Admittedly, JSP (and even JSF) sucks. So the negative wrap that Java gets as a web development language is understandable. But I think GWT will change that eventually... Build and build, Unit test, and never worry about browsers or the nasty stuff typically related with Ajax-centric development. To me that is worth its weight in gold.

edgeztv 20y ago
I've been using GWT extensively, and while it's outstanding, "never worry about browsers" is not a feature I can ascribe to it :( It alleviates some of the cross-browser headaches, but doing anything nontrivial can still hit browser differences, especially with styles and layout. The only viable browser-worry-free platform seems to be Flash right now.
- jsjenkins168 20y ago
  Yeah, I can attest to the style quirks.. Damn TabPanels :( Lets hope the bugs continue to get ironed out. I know 1.4 will fix quite a few of the minor things. I think the big deal is the RPC stuff with GWT. While it still has a way to go in terms of customizability, it is extremly powerful none the less. As far as Flash + GWT, I think its pretty sweet doing asynchronous calls via JSON messages between the two. Quite a powerful combination..