Architecture - Decision Table

User Experience / Design

responsiveness

++

+

++

unique look and feel

++

+

-

concise style

-

++

++

widget library

-

+

++

Architecture

client server communication

+

--

++

using Magnolia REST services 

performance

++

-

++

scalability

++

++

++

MVP/Patterns

++

++

-

browser history

++

+

+

as to Vaadin's ability to bookmark app status see http://vaadin.com/book/-/page/advanced.urifu.html

modularity/extendability

-

++

+

hot-deploy of modules

-

++

++

Investement

development speed

+

++

-

learning curve

-

++

--

license

++

++

-

maintainability

++

++

-

lock-in/interoperability

+

-

++

Tooling

testing

+

++

--

IDE support

+

++

+

maven

+

++

-

documentation generation

++

++

-

javadoc

Team

motivation

++

++

-

knowlege

+

+

-

Project

activity

+

+

++

documentation

+

++

+

community

+

-

++

license

++

++

--

ExtJs is GPL

reliability

+

+

++

support

-

++

+

Community

acceptance (poll)

+

+

+

third party modules

+

++

++

TOTAL

29

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