<@U092308M7> you may tell that kotlinc-js is close...
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konsoletyper
04/03/2017, 10:09 AM@orangy you may tell that kotlinc-js is closer to GWT, since both are sourcee-so-source compilers. However, I feel like TeaVM is much closer to GWT than kotlinc-js due to several reasons:
1. TeaVM is tightly integrated with "server-side" build tools like Maven (or, unofficially, Gradle). kotlinc-js tries to be more friendly to npm, WebPack, etc.
2. TeaVM is a closed-world compiler. It takes all available modules and tries to perform hardcore optimizations. kotlinc-js only sees one module and can't make any assumptions about the code.
3. TeaVM is intended for back-end developers who are used to Java ecosystem and want to reuse it as much as possible rather than learning completely new JavaScript ecosystem. kotlinc-js forces you to learn JavaScript ecosystem.
4. TeaVM has its own framework which follows Kotlin/Java programming idioms, while kotlinc-js tries to integrate with React.js, which follows JavaScript idioms.
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