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QWT: Qooxdoo Web Toolkit

Qooxdoo is an Ajax framework that I haven't spent much time with, but after meeting the guys of Qooxdoo at AjaxWorld East and finding out that it's pronounced "guckst du," as in the German slang "Was guckst du?" (Rough translation: "What are you looking at?"), my interest has been piqued.
One interesting recent addition to qooxdoo is QWT, the Qooxdoo Web Toolkit, a Java to JavaScript "compiler" that works with the qooxdoo framework. I put "compiler" in quotations because, after looking at the code, it looks more like a Java to JavaScript translator. Also, where GWT has a hosted mode where you can debug in Java, QWT doesn't appear to have that feature, so debugging wonky QWT code promises to be a bit of an adventure.
Still, an community effort of this kind indicates that qooxdoo is a vibrant framework. I intend to give qooxdoo a closer look over the next few months.
Technorati Tags: ajax, qooxdoo, qwt, gwt, java
Topics: Ajax Frameworks, Java, qooxdoo
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Quoting “compiler” is correct, QWT translates Java to JavaScript. Also, it has no hosted mode (yet… ?). We just started, there’s definitly one feature or another missing …
Have fun
Michael
Comment by Michael Hartmeier, Saturday, March 29, 2008 @ 3:00 am
I’ve heard of this before but never used it either. Do you know what they do that is unique from other frameworks? If not, it would be great to hear about your experiences once you do take a closer look.
Comment by Brian Moschel, Saturday, March 29, 2008 @ 4:58 am