Re: GWT vs JSF vs ZK vs REST+JS

From:
Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:58:17 +0000
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Arne Vajh?j wrote:

On 25-11-2010 18:52, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Arne Vajh?j wrote:

On 25-11-2010 10:13, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, carmelo wrote:

What do you suggest for developing a web-based full-ajax ERP with
desktop-like UI?


Swing. Seriously.


Thank you for your answer Alessio. How would you achieve this with
Swing??


Java Web Start:

http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/


Or a good old applet.

But unless it is integrated with the web page, then it is more an app
deployed over the web than a web app.


I'd say the same about GWT and friends. A GWT screen is not a web page;
a GWT app is not a web site. Both are done with HTML and javascript, but
there is more to being a website than the implementation technology -
GWT is not hypertext, so it's not a web page.


web app = HTML + CSS + JS

Runtime GWT is a web app.


If you define it that way, then yes. But i don't see why that's a useful
definition - it doesn't include every kind of app you can deliver over the
web, and it does include a lot of apps which aren't hypertext.

I realise that this definition is popular, even though it isn't useful.
That doesn't seem to be a good reason to use it.

tom

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