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On 8/18/2008, the creator of GWT-Ext announced his involvement in the new LGPL-licensed SmartGWT.  SmartGWT - a combination of GWT and the SmartClient Ajax library - is a stealth project which will help fill the huge need for an advanced Java-based RIA framework.  Judging by GWT-Ext, I trust that SmartGWT will be an outstanding product managed with integrity and predictability.

http://www.jroller.com/sjivan/entry/smartgwt_gwt_api_s_for

http://www.isomorphic.dreamhosters.com/?p=51

SmartGWT would probably not have gotten off the ground had Ext not enraged so many people.  The takeaway business lesson for the rest of us is not to alienate our customers, including the indirect ones that evangelize our products and services.  I look forward to a much more cooperative SmartGWT forum in contrast to the confrontational Ext forum.

I discussed possible RIA alternatives for Java developers in a previous blog entry, and the only other major development in the past couple of months has been the announcement of YUI 3. I believe that SmartGWT will become one of the best frameworks for Java RIA developers along with GWT-Ext and Flex.  Is there any taker on Ext renaming Ext GWT to GWT Smart?