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Interesting. We used to use GWT for several projects, but ditched for new ones to simple Java backend and AngularJS. Now when I had to fix some bugs, etc it feels so unpleasant to work and kinda slow (for dev). Project still uses old GWT 2.5 since transition to new version & 3th party component replacement would cost too much.

Do you use modern super dev mode and latest GWT version? How this turned out? Are there 3th party plugins repository?

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> Interesting. We used to use GWT for several projects, but ditched for new ones to simple Java backend and AngularJS.

We would love to use lighter-weight technology but project currently is about 300kloc and we share code on the client and the server. It's just not the size of application which JS is good for.

> Do you use modern super dev mode and latest GWT version? How this turned out? Are there 3th party plugins repository?

These are great. In 2.7 you can just refresh page and incremental compilation will do the job. It's almost like writing code in JS.

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