mygwt.net :
We appreciate your use of MyGWT and are excited to announce the new version of MyGWT is now Ext GWT and is available with both commercial and open source licenses. This flexiblity will help fund future enhancements and a dedicated team working on and expanding the framework.
Yes, it is pretty confusing. We have now two very good frameworks with the same name : "Ext GWT" and "GWT-Ext". Because these two frameworks are good it is certainly difficult to choose between them. Even if comparison is always a poison, here is a basic matrix (1:poor - 5:excellent):
| GWT Ext | Ext GWT | |
| Licence | LGPL | GPLv3/Commercial |
| Features | 4 | 2 |
| Forms | 4 | 2 |
| Table | 5 | 2 |
| Type | Javascript Wrapper | 100% Java |
| Version | 2.0 | 1.0beta |
| Documentation | 3 | 1 |
| Search Visibility | 3 | 1 |
| For a java developer with no javascript knowledge | 3 | 5 |
| For a java developer with basic javascript knoledge | 3 | 5 |
| For a javascript developer with basic java knowledge | 5 | 3 |
| For a javascript developer with no java knowledge | 5 | 1 |
Because Ext GWT is very young, this table will change a lot in the next few months.
I think that Ext GWT is really a bad name. It is to confusing with GWT Ext. What is your opinion ?
I propose GXT for the new name. It is used in the package name of Ext GWT (com.extjs.gxt.ui.client) :
Such a competition around GWT is a sign of healthy. Long live GWT !
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