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Is the new Gmail look built in GWT?

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I was having a discussion with a colleague on this topic. He thought that the new Gmail look was built with GWT. I can't seem to find a definitive answer. Anyone know for sure?

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mtyson Avatar asked Jan 19 '12 01:01

mtyson


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Right-click on browser to view page source (when page is displaying your gmail inbox) says "no".

This page http://code.google.com/closure/library/

says Google Closure Javascript is the basis of many Google products, including gmail.

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Blessed Geek Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 04:09

Blessed Geek


Gmail is not written in GWT or Java.

However, the new Google Groups interface is:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview

You can find a reference from a Google GWT developer on what is using GWT here:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-web-toolkit/Mjjk5y9RQbw/hCWzIrZ1vzcJ

Other notable users are Chrome's web store

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pjulien Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 04:09

pjulien