[scorpioxy]

Disclaimer: I've never used GWT professionally before.

I think its a good idea if your web application is driven by the JS instead of just using it to add interactivity. As in, something like Gmail or wave which are basically "javascript applications" rather than "web applications", if you know what i mean.

JS can get a bit annoying when trying to impose the needed structure to write big applications. That structure is "built-in" when using something like Java.

Also, with a JS-heavy application, you'd need to take care of the different browser quirks(via library or otherwise). Apparently, GWT can take care of this for you.

Having said that, I don't typically like "generated" code. At least not code that I don't generate myself.

[freebsd_dude]

thanks. what development tools do you use to develop JS applications?

[scorpioxy]

Oh just the typical stuff. I'm old school so...

Your favourite text editor(I use vim) or you can be a bit more fancy and go with something like Netbeans or Eclipse(although I always go back to an editor). And firebug for debugging.

You can add a bunch of stuff to the mix, but that's all I need really.

(Oh, you might also want to throw in a mini-fier for when you're done.)