I'm a Java developer (and it might shock people, but I like it), where I work we're still stuck with good ol' Struts, it works, and a big international corporation uses this system.
But comparing a functional scripting language with a object-oriented statically-typed pre-compiled language, arguing one is better than the other, does not make sense to me.
You can easily revert the situation and say that static typing is a weakness of java, and it's poor fucntional (until before v8) capability is a drawback and a strong point for Javascript.
I'm not into the JS world so I can't say anything about the tooling, but yes, Java's tooling and ecosystem is an extremely strong point.
My complaint is about dismissing Javascript as not a "real language" while it's got A LOT going for it.
EDIT: I also worked with GWT (GXT from ExtJs, actually) in 2011-2012, and it was really nice. I miss it.
But comparing a functional scripting language with a object-oriented statically-typed pre-compiled language, arguing one is better than the other, does not make sense to me.
You can easily revert the situation and say that static typing is a weakness of java, and it's poor fucntional (until before v8) capability is a drawback and a strong point for Javascript.
I'm not into the JS world so I can't say anything about the tooling, but yes, Java's tooling and ecosystem is an extremely strong point.
My complaint is about dismissing Javascript as not a "real language" while it's got A LOT going for it.
EDIT: I also worked with GWT (GXT from ExtJs, actually) in 2011-2012, and it was really nice. I miss it.