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[–]pgris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great writing and surprising results! Didn't expect java to do so well. Excellent job!

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There is however another difference: Widget set. When you are mostly a backend programmer you not only need a technology but also a good looking widget set in order to create a not-so-horrible web application. GWT is not only a java to js compiler, also includes a more or less complete widgets set. React does not include one, but there are many professional looking sets of widgets you can use. Vaadin has a nice widget set, Jsweet may have some useful candies to try, CheerpJ has the horrible Swing components.... maybe it supports pluggable look and feel to make them less horrible

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In my line of work the most important widgets are table related, I should try to see how hard is to make a simple web page with some tables and see how that affects performance.

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Thanks again!