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I've never knowingly seen GWT used in practice. Does anyone have any examples of (semi) notable websites utilising it?

by jamies888888 12y ago

buu700 12y ago
Most of Google's Web apps use Closure AFAIK, but Inbox and Wave use GWT. Those are the most notable examples I know of.
- desdiv 12y ago
  Any non-Google examples? EDIT: Nevermind, found a list here: http://gwtreferencelist.appspot.com/ http://gwtreferencelist.appspot.com/
mutagen 12y ago
Google uses it for several properties, including: AdWords UI AdSense UI Blogger Groups Doclist Parts of Maps / Geo according to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-web-toolkit/Mjjk5y9RQbw/hCWzIrZ1vzcJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-web-toolkit/Mjj... Their case studies page has a few more: http://www.gwtproject.org/casestudies.html http://www.gwtproject.org/casestudies.html
gwtuser 12y ago
evernote
pavlov 12y ago
According to an HN comment by user cromwellian, it's widely used inside Google including the new Inbox mail app: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8554339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8554339 Other references mentioned by the poster are "Apple (iAds Workspace), Amazon (AWS Console), Nike".
- Nitramp 12y ago
  Though it's worth noting that Inbox and similar properties do not use it for UI code, but only (exclusively) for business logic below the UI layer. UI code is written in pure JavaScript/Closure.
  - lmm 12y ago
    Huh? I didn't know GWT had any non-UI functionality.
stephen123 12y ago
I used it for about 8 months, Hated it. Its like a big wall between you and the DOM. I guess its good of you hate html and javascript. But once you grow up and realise your making a web page and need to control the DOM in a particular way, it just gets in your way.
- collyw 12y ago
  Would you recommend it for some one who doesn't know the DOM well?
mg74 12y ago
Google Inbox
Djorak_ 12y ago
I worked for a big French bank for a few months about 3 years ago and they were using it on a few of their projects (CRM, budget planner).
bvm 12y ago
Moreover Newsdesk, a reasonably large media monitoring platform is pretty much solely based on GWT, though it looks like they are moving away from it in their new development.
prohor 12y ago
Some other lists: - http://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Google-Web-Toolkit http://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Google-Web-Toolkit - but this might be seriously underestimated, as they are not able to detect services accessible after login, where GWT is mostly used. - http://ars-codia.raphaelbauer.com/2011/12/why-google-web-toolkit-is-fantastic.html http://ars-codia.raphaelbauer.com/2011/12/why-google-web-too... Other that I'm aware of: - https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://www.cloudorado.com/ - https://ruxit.com/ https://ruxit.com/ - their service once you log in - http://gogrid.com/ http://gogrid.com/ - again after login
- prohor 12y ago
  Two more that I recalled: - Angry Birds web version - web mail at http://wp.pl http://wp.pl (one of the major mail services in Poland)

I've never knowingly seen GWT used in practice. Does anyone have any examples of (semi) notable websites utilising it?

buu700 12y ago

Most of Google's Web apps use Closure AFAIK, but Inbox and Wave use GWT. Those are the most notable examples I know of.

desdiv 12y ago
Any non-Google examples? EDIT: Nevermind, found a list here: http://gwtreferencelist.appspot.com/ http://gwtreferencelist.appspot.com/

mutagen 12y ago

Google uses it for several properties, including: AdWords UI AdSense UI Blogger Groups Doclist Parts of Maps / Geo according to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-web-toolkit/Mjjk5y9RQbw/hCWzIrZ1vzcJ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/google-web-toolkit/Mjj... Their case studies page has a few more: http://www.gwtproject.org/casestudies.html http://www.gwtproject.org/casestudies.html

gwtuser 12y ago

evernote

pavlov 12y ago

According to an HN comment by user cromwellian, it's widely used inside Google including the new Inbox mail app: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8554339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8554339 Other references mentioned by the poster are "Apple (iAds Workspace), Amazon (AWS Console), Nike".

Nitramp 12y ago
Though it's worth noting that Inbox and similar properties do not use it for UI code, but only (exclusively) for business logic below the UI layer. UI code is written in pure JavaScript/Closure.
- lmm 12y ago
  Huh? I didn't know GWT had any non-UI functionality.

stephen123 12y ago

I used it for about 8 months, Hated it. Its like a big wall between you and the DOM. I guess its good of you hate html and javascript. But once you grow up and realise your making a web page and need to control the DOM in a particular way, it just gets in your way.

collyw 12y ago
Would you recommend it for some one who doesn't know the DOM well?

mg74 12y ago

Google Inbox

Djorak_ 12y ago

I worked for a big French bank for a few months about 3 years ago and they were using it on a few of their projects (CRM, budget planner).

bvm 12y ago

Moreover Newsdesk, a reasonably large media monitoring platform is pretty much solely based on GWT, though it looks like they are moving away from it in their new development.

prohor 12y ago

Some other lists: - http://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Google-Web-Toolkit http://trends.builtwith.com/websitelist/Google-Web-Toolkit - but this might be seriously underestimated, as they are not able to detect services accessible after login, where GWT is mostly used. - http://ars-codia.raphaelbauer.com/2011/12/why-google-web-toolkit-is-fantastic.html http://ars-codia.raphaelbauer.com/2011/12/why-google-web-too... Other that I'm aware of: - https://www.cloudorado.com/ https://www.cloudorado.com/ - https://ruxit.com/ https://ruxit.com/ - their service once you log in - http://gogrid.com/ http://gogrid.com/ - again after login

prohor 12y ago
Two more that I recalled: - Angry Birds web version - web mail at http://wp.pl http://wp.pl (one of the major mail services in Poland)