What is the difference between this new Framework and something like GWT or SharpKit ?
2012/11/19 Michael A. Labriola <labri...@digitalprimates.net> > >* You say this could be C#/Java/AS and so on... I think you start in C# > because you already have that js cross-compiler. You thoughts are about > making the same in different platform versions in the end?. > > That is the goal. > > >* I understand that the final goal is that you end programming in your > platform and don't touch JS...all will be in C# (or Java, or AS, orHaxe,...) > > Not true. There will be some JS because there are some things that should > be JS. The goal is to make the logic of your program in a language that is > more appropriate but still use JS libraries or create JS where it makes > sense. > > >* For me the browsers VM is a real problem. Each one is diferent and > fragmentation is a nightmare. In the end for me, in the past, all > technologies wich is final product was HTML/JS where off consideration > since the final technology was bad. (i.e: Java Server Faces, JSP, ...) > > I think you need to re-evaluate as I believe you are wrong. The VM in the > browsers is very consistent and in many cases much faster than Flash. In > many cases, it is much better. There is some (minimal) fragmentation on the > JavaScript virtual machine. There is A LOT of fragmentation on how the > browsers render HTML and CSS. All of these other technologies fail, IMO, as > they try to encapsulate the view and logic in one programming model. To me, > the view logic needs to be crafted for the browsers you care to use, but > the logic should remain 100% consistent across all of them. > > * This approach seems to only take into account HTML/JS, and I think that > it should have SWF, and other output possibilities. > >You can certainly do so. I personally don't care about the SWF format. > > For me HTML/JS would be powerful to be ok with people demanding HTML5, but > having the "advanced" solution to target Flash, mobile, etc... > > Again, you are free to do so. IMO, this is not the direction the world > is moving. > > * This is too new for me, but I'm learning how Haxe works and I see that > they generates complete native projects. So you develop in Haxe and the > output is native ios, android, flash, HTML...and so on. I think that your > framework could fit very well in that space, what do you think? > > >I hope so. I originally wrote the prototype of this framework in Haxe. I > went to C# honestly because I was targeting enterprises and the Microsoft > tooling appealed to enterprises much more than the tooling available for > Haxe. > > Mike > >
