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Raised as a usability problem by 18 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2008–2022), in 16 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Long compiles and slow Dev Mode make it painful to useUnreviewed
20082026- Compiles so slow that developers take coffee breaks waiting for them2014-02-18
- Dev mode runs very slowly, hurting development of heavier apps like games2013-03-28
- Long compiles and slow Dev Mode make it painful to use2012-03-01
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 18 complaints
- Styling GWT interfaces to look modern was too painful, so they dropped it2022-07-12
- Simple front-end fixes become an impossible slog; interfaces are brittle, hard to debug or optimize2022-07-12
- Top two-thirds of page unclickable until enough elements forced scrolling; layouts look ugly and need CSS2022-07-12
- Developers must read Widget library source to understand what the UI code does2019-04-28
- GWT tooling is clunky for developers to work with2019-04-22
- Code mistakes produce unhelpful errors with nonsensical names in generated JavaScript2017-09-29
- Displaying a simple table requires far too many steps and classes2015-12-28
- Debugger sometimes shows JavaScript instead of Java, and generated names don't match originals2015-06-20
- Compiles so slow that developers take coffee breaks waiting for them2014-02-18
- Dev mode runs very slowly, hurting development of heavier apps like games2013-03-28
- Felt clunky; only works in Chrome and has a couple seconds startup time2012-12-19
- Hidden client-server boundary makes UIs slow and poor for average and mobile users2012-06-01
- Official documentation is incomplete, with many 'docs coming soon' placeholders2012-04-23
- Poor Maven support makes setup frustrating for newcomers trying it out2012-03-29
- Long compiles and slow Dev Mode make it painful to use2012-03-01
- Writing an app the GWT way is cumbersome and difficult for solo developers2011-07-13
- Code that works in hosted mode browser fails in normal browsers2009-09-08
- Designers must download the project and recompile just to see layout changes2008-09-04