Prepare a paragraph as a quick overview on GWT

vegegoku commented 5 years ago

We need to prepare a small paragraph talking about gwt in general : Some bullets to point out could be

GWT let you reuse Java skills in the web
It is really fast (faster than equivalent JS) thanks to optimization
It is fully compatible with modern web (Elemental2)
It is very stable

Basically: Modern, Performant, Stable - By : Adrien Baron

also could point out to the property system, allowing permutations for changes as necessary, for locales or browser differences or form-factors - By : Colin

also Maintainability.

List the strength of GWT

rdeangelis83 commented 5 years ago

I think that using the same programming language for front- and backend is always a good stuff. This makes it much easier to share code between client and server. This was e.g one of the main reason why we decided to go with GWT. If you go with TypeScript or JavaScript on the client side sharing code can be difficult if you don't have NodeJS in the backend.

TDesjardins commented 5 years ago

Maintainability is a good point! Also typesafety and the great toolchain around Java. There are a lot of potential points in the docs which maybe not up to date anymore: http://www.gwtproject.org/makinggwtbetter.html (introduction)

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