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Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by mcosta on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @06:25AM (#4601329)
> Side note: I'm also learning pure "modern" JS just because there's no choice on the client-side.

Knowing Javascript, GWT is a win.

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Re:TypeScript: a language for application-scale JavaScript d... by edwinnathaniel on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @02:00PM (#4603300)
I've done GWT for about 2.5 years from version 1.x to 2.x. I'm not sure I prefer one or the other.

GWT development is a bit painful to setup and to work day-to-day.

It's nice to have the similar Java structure and to be able to write unit-tests to test the app via MVP patterns but I'm still not sure it's a big win for me going forward. Especially when the founding members have left the team.

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