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What is GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

GWT is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Its goal is to enable productive development of high-performance web applications without the developer having to be an expert in browser quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript. GWT is used by many products at Google, including AdWords, AdSense, Flights, Hotel Finder, Offers, Wallet, Blogger. It’s open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world.

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GWT is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Its goal is to enable productive development of high-performance web applications without the developer having to be an expert in browser quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript. GWT is used by many products at Google, including AdWords, AdSense, Flights, Hotel Finder, Offers, Wallet, Blogger. It’s open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world.


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4.0 out of 5
"GWT is perfect for Java developers looking to create rich UIs"
It is very easy to create complex user interfaces using Java almost exclusively.
Srinu N.
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4.0 out of 5
"Out Standing Experience"
Very easy to write and maintain code in Google Web Toolkit.
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4.0 out of 5
"Have used GWT in a lot of projects either directly or within a framework."
Using Java to generate JavaScript running on the browser. Ease of mixing JavaScript and Java code. The JavaScript generated is performant ready for...
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What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

You don't need to dig into javascript but you can easily write Java code which is translated to javascript directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

Some limitations happens when you need to modify in some javascript scope elements for example you can't do directly from java. Sometimes need native methods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GWT - Google Web Toolkit:

If you don't need advanced JS technologies and depending on Java developers GWT is very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Webalo have 2 websites the web user agent and the administrative website. We can write a common Java code while using GWT elements for the web elements easily with Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

When it was released back in the days it was innovative and pretty much the only approach for back-end developers write front-end code, but after single page application revolution the complexity and speed of this framework looks like a joke. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

It's slow, require browser extension for debugging. Big learning curve. Google shut down the project at 2017 so no more support from their side, only community updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Would not recommend to anyone who stars new project in 2018. Google closed the project at 2017 and only the power of community keeps it alive. Nevertheless if you have legacy code to support it's not that bad. It has everything needed to have a good single page app that still could compete with a whales like Angular or React. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Single page application architecture. Strict types. Java syntax and support of huge java ecosystem. Ability to write java script inside Java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

You can write your program in javascript in order to execute in any place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

The code that you execute is not the one you write. It is transcompiled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Just Javascript Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Improves performance and development costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

Able to develop both server and client side code in one language. Easier for individual developers to program on all parts of the application . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

Solutions are more verbose than other frameworks. Implementing normal JavaScript in the application is harder to debug and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easier to port over older java applications into GWT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

Can easily introduces Java programmers to web application world. It allows you to build front-end and back-end with a single programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit?

It's hard to add some useful native Javascript features. On the front-end layer you are forced to not use reflection and generics Java features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GWT - Google Web Toolkit:

Use it for web application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used this framework to build a web application. I'm a Java programmer and I learned to use GWT in few days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.