Why Haven't GWT- and Script#-style Frameworks Become Dominant?

Posted by Morgan Cheng on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Morgan Cheng
Published on 2009-03-17T14:56:11Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 9:43 UTC
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With GWT, we can write code in Java and have it translated to JavaScript code. With Script#, we can write code in C# and have it translated to JavaScript code. It sounds GWT and Script# will save web developers from suffering javascript pains. Then, why these tools haven't been dominant? Why still people dedicated to write javascript code?

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