I’ve been struggling to choose between GWT and OpenLaszlo for last couple of days for the frontend of my next AJAX application. It was a tough choice because OpenLaszlo seems more matured and stable where GWT adds the UI management at the tip of a Java developer.
Being a Java developer myself, it is hard to neglect the flexibility offered by GWT. Though much responsive, and polished UI can be developed using OpenLaszlo within short period of time, at the current moment, GWT seems the right choice for my next AJAX application. OpenLaszlo has an XML/ECMAScript based UI designing language. Implementing the application with OpenLaszlo means adding an extra steep learning curve for the people who will be managing/developing my application further. In case of GWT, any java developer will be able to pick up the codes within reasonable time and thus continue the development.
So, ultimately after exploiting the possibilities and flexibilities with these two UI frameworks, GWT won the upper-hand due to its Java based UI developments, and flexibility offered for the Java developer community.
mozammel,
I am also having the same problem.I was advised to prefer gwt over zk or OpenLaszlo, my project needs dynamic forms to be created and mapped against a database or a ORM,a scalability requirement.I would really like to hear your creative input.THank you and more power..
Erbie
Comment by ernesto quiogue — March 15, 2008 @ 9:24 am |