Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10...
by catlifeonmars on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:39PM
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That’s analogous to using React on the backend. Kind of a non sequitur
Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10...
by chii on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:06AM
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no - react is a library, and in fact people do use react on the backend (for server side rendering).
we are talking about tech stack - most broadly the language (and compiler). GWT is a compiler from java to javascript. it cannot be compared to react (even tho GWT has a front-end UI component - but that's optional in GWT).
Re:Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10...
by catlifeonmars on Sunday May 16, 2021 @02:44AM
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Oh that’s interesting. I’ve only ever known about GWT as a view renderer.
i highly doubt that - i don't disagree you got productivity gains, but it's not from being the same stack, but it's from experience gained doing it.
If what you say is true, why doesn't people use GWT (google web toolkit) and java on the backend to get this productivity gain? It has existed even earlier than typescript, and is compiled to be quite fast. It's even more integrated as a stack, and anyone knowing java is able to use it fairly easily.