title: Why GWT? Advantages and Trade-Offs of Using This RIA Framework
body: <p>I've been reading through a bunch of the "highest voted" questions for GWT. Several of these questions talk about the pitfalls or problems with GWT. </p>
  
  <p>In  the articles: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/394601/which-javascript-framework-jquery-vs-dojo-vs">Which Javascript framework (jQuery vs Dojo vs … )?</a> and <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/99866/biggest-gwt-pitfalls">Biggest GWT Pitfalls?</a>, some posters seem to suggest that GWT is not lightweight enough or that there are better alternatives that may be used. </p>
  
  <p>Do most of you feel that there are problems with GWT that have not been fixed with GWT 2.0 -- which would make you inclined to suggest using a simpler framework for a new project?</p>
  
  <p>To some extent, shouldn't GWT be somewhat future-proof (since you don't have to worry about it changing drastically from release to release and since it is backed by Google)? </p>
  
  <p>I realize that the answer to this question depends greatly upon what you want to do or what you wish to make. I am looking at this from the perspective of starting a new web application that will eventually be used by millions of users.</p>