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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by prohor on Monday September 12, 2016 @03:32AM (#12477842)
The first two paint points are perfectly solved by GWT[1]. But for some reason it isn't picked up by web community, even though you can still make really cool web apps with it.

1. http://www.gwtproject.org/

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by GlennS on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:56AM (#12478628)
If GWT doesn't count as hacks built upon hacks, then I don't know what does...
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by lazyjones on Monday September 12, 2016 @04:59AM (#12478150)
> But for some reason it isn't picked up by web community

It's Java. Last time I checked, still a painfully verbose language and build environment, with the wizardry of JVM tuning on top.

Perhaps, some day, this will turn into something more pleasant: https://sites.google.com/site/gowebuitoolkit/

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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by diyfund on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:11PM (#12491794)
GWT has been continually approved upon. Compilation is super fast now, and developing is a breeze with super dev mode. You can even debug your Java (precompiled) code within chrome. as a GWT user, I don't have to worry about all those things that trouble Javascript developers. Refactoring is easy as it is just Java.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by LoneWolf on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:52AM (#12478597)
Having used it for one or two projects I can say it solves some problems, but creates others, when trying to do more complex stuff it can be a pain (can't remember any specifics it was a few years ago).
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