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Are traditional web frameworks and languages like RubyOnRail, Spring Boot and PHP dying now when new fast reactive pure JavaScript frameworks and services like Meteor, Node, Angular 2.0 and Firebase are breaking ground?

No.

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9:33 am / 24th May 2015 / django, frameworks, java, javascript, programming, programminglanguages, webdevelopment, quora

Why don’t more people use Google Web Toolkit for web development as opposed to scripting alternatives like JavaScript?

I’m morally opposed to GWT, because I don’t believe in building sites or applications that are entirely dependent on JavaScript to function. As someone who took the time to learn JavaScript, I’m also not at all convinced that Java is a more productive language.

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6:28 pm / 12th October 2010 / frameworks, gwt, java, javascript, quora

Comet works, and it’s easier than you think

I gave a talk this morning at the Yahoo! Web Developer Summit on Comet, cometd and Bayeux.

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4:22 pm / 5th December 2007 / bayeux, comet, cometd, java, javascript, jetty, speaking, talks, annotatedtalks

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