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by justinsb 5170 days ago
I doubt GWT is dead, as some major Google properties are built using it, including AdWords.

That said, I really wish Google would work a bit more on polishing GWT. It's an amazing technology, but the documentation is woeful (the official docs have a lot of "docs coming soon"), and the UI out of the box doesn't compare e.g. to Bootstrap.

I don't really understand why Google haven't fixed this; I expect it's simply because it's not as interesting from an engineering point of view.

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According to Ray Cromwell on 20/4:

"I notice some people in my feed are worried Google might kill GWT. I can't give specific details now, but there is some good news coming to be announced later, so don't worry. :)"

https://plus.google.com/u/0/110412141990454266397/posts/NnSq...

Also note things like GWT super draft mode