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Ask HN: Thoughts on GWT?

7 points by afshin ↗ HN
I've been a little dismissive of GWT as a tool for creating complex front-end logic and interfaces mostly because I prefer writing JS code. But I am curious: where do other developers stand on JS vs GWT? Is anyone other than Google building major apps with it?

EDIT: left out "logic and interfaces"

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steilpass
My current point of view: If you have a large base of Java developers who don't or can't switch to JavaScript, GWT is a good choice. BTW you will also need a framework for your "complex front-end logic" JavaScript code. If you don't go for GWT you should look for good MVC JavaScript framework: Ext.JS, Cappuccino, Sproutcore, Sammy.JS ...