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These are my thoughts about the subject: - Python and Ruby seem interesting. But JavaScript is going to be there nevertheless. Furthermore, it seems like 80% of
by huherto 16y ago
These are my thoughts about the subject:
- Python and Ruby seem interesting. But JavaScript is going to be there nevertheless. Furthermore, it seems like 80% of the functionality in a RIA is going to happen in JavaScript anyway.
- JavaScript in client and server. I haven't done, My guess is that with JavaScript the talent of the developer to organize a big code base becomes critical.
- Java and GWT. I've tried this. It works nicely. Strong typing and a great IDE with Eclipse. Same language in the server and in the client.
- Scala and (Scala compiled into JavaScript? This could be nice. We just need somebody really smart to make it happen.
- huherto 16y agoI kept thinking about the last part. Scala is a really nice language. The GWT route was to create a Java compiler to generate JavaScript. Doing the same for Scala seems like a huge effort. But what about this option? It is a little bit crazy though. What if you use Scala to create a DSL to create JavaScript RIAs? The DSL can be the framework that will give structure to the RIA. Then you use JavaScript to fill in the blanks.