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FLEX VS. GWT SMACKDOWN
                  With Matt Raible and James Ward




  Images by Stuck in Customs - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms
INTRODUCTIONS
Who is Matt Raible?

Who is using GWT?

Who is James Ward?

Who is using Flex?

What do you want to learn
today?
SESSION AGENDA

What are Rich Internet Applications?

The Smackdown

Success Stories

Pitfalls

How to choose?

Q and A
WHAT DEFINES RICH?

According to Simon
Whatley:

  “[RIAs] combine the best
  user interface functionality
  of desktop software
  applications with the broad
  reach and low-cost
  deployment of Web
  applications and the best of
  interactive, multimedia
  communication.”
WIKIPEDIA’S DEFINITION

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are web
applications that have most of the characteristics
of desktop applications, typically delivered either
by way of a standards-based web browser, via a
browser plug-in, or independently via sandboxes
or virtual machines. Examples of RIA frameworks
include Ajax, Curl, GWT, Adobe Flash/Adobe
Flex/AIR, Java/JavaFX, Apache Pivot, Mozilla's
XUL, OpenLaszlo and Microsoft Silverlight.
OUR DEFINITION

 A one-page application that
   doesn’t require a page
         transition.
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
TEXT
Right-to-left languages
 unsupported in Flex
DRAWING
 Flex can draw
PRINTING
Flex has issues printing
   from the browser
DRAG N’
    DROP
Flex has easy drag n’ drop
         support
CSS
GWT has CSS support, not
 like Flex’s proprietary
         support
VALIDATORS
     &
FORMATTERS
 Flex has effects, form
layout, validators and
      formatters
JSON SUPPORT
GWT supports JSON out-
      of-the-box
IE6 SUPPORT
 Flex works across all
       browsers
IPHONE
    SUPPORT
GWT works on the iPhone
VIDEO
Flash Video is the absolute
number one video format
        on the web
PERFORMANCE
Making your app “pop”
COMPONENTS
  Tour de Flex
TOOLS
Speed Tracer
   IDEs
PROGRAMMING
   MODEL
“GWT is nothing more
than a JSP Tag Library”

     -- Matt Raible
SUCCESS STORIES

Google Wave

Evite

Picnik

Mercedes-Benz USA

My Oracle Support

Others?
AVOID PITFALLS

Don’t load everything
on the first page load.

Slower machines can
mean slower clients.
Know your users!

Don’t use for sites, only
for applications.
HOW TO CHOOSE?

Prioritize a list of features that are important to your
application.

Pick 3-4 frameworks and do a 1-week spike with
each, developing the same application.

Document and rank each framework against your list
of features.

Calculate and choose!
CONCLUSION
GWT and Flex are great technologies, use them wisely.
QUESTIONS?

Contact Information

  http://raibledesigns.com
  http://jamesward.com

Download Presentation

  http://slideshare.net/mraible

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