Work Space discussion

UI Discussion Topics

GWT

• Go to GWT 2.7
• Go to 2.8 when it come out?
• JS Interop
• old css to GSS conversion
• Updates to JSNI
• Super dev mode replacing dev mode
• HashMap/ArrayList Speed improvements
• 2.7 Release notes (also see appendix)

Supported Browsers

• Remove IE8 Support

JAVA

• Java 1.7
• GWT not yet support 1.8 (it will with GWT 2.8)
• Remember: IRSA's MOST status issues is bug with 1.7 

JavaScript

• Coding Stack proposal
  • React.js
  • Ampersand.js or Backbone.js
  • Browserify and Commonjs
  • Grunt or Gulp
  • jshint
  • testing????
  • Router???
  • Revamp of how we think about form input
  • Utilities: underscore.js, LoDash, Bluebird, String modules
• GWT to JS Migration plan
  • Goal
  • Phases
• Repository Structure
  
  

Architecture

• General discussion of direction
• Strengths & Weaknesses of current architecture
• Currently we are too tightly coupled, how can we move to be more loosely coupled

APPENDIX

GWT Version Summary

• v2.5 - We are here
  
  
• v2.7 - Available now
  • JS Interop beta
  • GSS beta
  • Java 1.7
  • Significant Performance Improvements with ArrayList & HashMap
  • Super Dev mode more stable and faster
• v2.8 - Coming end of year
  • JS Interop stable
  • GSS stable
  • Java 1.8
  • Super Dev improved debugging
• v3.0 - 2 years away
  • breaking changes
  • JS Interop Phase 2
  • Dev mode removed / only super dev
  • still not completely defined
  • Singular???