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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by emilburzo on Monday September 12, 2016 @01:55AM (#12477487)
> Back end and front end are written in the same language with strong typing and all that.

Exactly why I love GWT, even though it seems that it's not popular anymore.

It gets the job done, refactoring is not an error-prone and painful experience and it's fast because it's transpiled to javascript.

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by gjvc on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:13AM (#12477565)
GWT + GXT, vaadin, or smart client are examples of this.
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