Best GWT widget library? [closed]

Answer 1

Most of the libraries mentioned are not open source and even worse: are just wrappers on top of a JavaScript library. The power of GWT lies in the fact that the application works on different browsers (because of the code generation for the "big" browsers specifically). These JavaScript underlying libraries can cause lots of problems.

I agree with jgindin GWT Incubator and GWT Mosaic are the best so far.

Answer 2

Add the new one: GWT-Bootstrap :)

There isnt a stable release right now, but will have soon.

Answer 3

for me EXT-GWT (aka GXT) is the best library currently available,I use it in 6 months project,and it helps a lot with many predefined components like grids,trees.... It's beautiful as well

Answer 4

Google's default library is the most powerful library.

Ext GWT adds bells and whistles but apart from that it's similar to Google's.

Answer 5

I prefer vanilla GWT. Some of the other APIs look pretty and their showcases really show off the widgets, but I always find that the performance isn't the best....when I say performance I mean more like response time. I hate when an application feels sluggish.

Answer 6

One thing to be aware of is that from the forums GWT-Ext looks like it will no longer be developed/maintained much (maybe not at all?). On their website they recommend migrating to SmartGWT.