Top 5 GWT Libraries
January 14th, 2008 - Written by Chris Fong in News, Using GWT
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We had almost fifty entries to the contest and it was quite interesting to see what the favorite GWT libraries were. I know it was an informal and unscientific poll, but based on the comments I read, I’ve come up with a list of the top five most popular GWT 3rd-party libraries:
5. Hibernate4gwt
Bruno Marchesson
For any Hibernate users out there, Hibernate4gwt allows you to painlessly use your Hibernate POJOs with GWT.
4. Gwittir
Robert Cooper and Charlie Collins
The Gwittir project provides a lot of interesting modules for your GWT projects including data-binding, animation, introspection, and more.
3. GWT-SL
George Georgovassilis
As the name implies, the GWT Server Library is it is a server-side library for GWT that focuses on providing Spring Framework integration by allowing you to expose your Spring beans as RPC services. It also provides integration with the hibernate4gwt library.
2. GWT-Ext
Sanjiv Jivan
GWT-Ext is a really nice looking GWT widget library that is closely integrated with the Ext JS library. Take a look at the GWT-Ext Showcase Demo.
1. MyGWT
Darrell Meyer
MyGWT was the overwhelming favorite in the contest with almost half the vote. It is a pure GWT widget library which shares the Ext JS L&F to create a polished set of widgets for use in your GWT applications. Take a look at the MyGWT Explorer Demo.
Honorable mentions: gwt-dnd, gwt-log, gwt-maven, gwtwindowmanager, gwt-math
I’d have to agree with #1
I don’t know much about the rest, but my-gwt is fantastic
Yes, I also agree, it’s fantastic… alas, the awful API
Are you talking about MyGWT? What’s wrong with the API?
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Just curious as about why myGWT is much more popular than GWT-Ext. They “look functionally equivalent”, but I’m new to the GWT scene so I could be all wrong. I’d like to pick one to start with hence I’m wondering why folks like myGWT better. I’d be happy with just a guess from you. Thx!
I only looked at GWT-Ext a little bit, but personally, I found the MyGWT api easier to use. It models the SWT/JFace API which I’m quite familiar with. Still, I think both are very nice libraries.
I like myGWT better as it is “native GWT” rather than a wrapper around javascript. While in the long run that’s probably a subtle difference, but the API seems a little better laid out (IMHO).
“wrapper around javascript” - isn’t GWT in itself a wrapper over javascript ? (java produces javascript stuf)
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