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It's too soon to worry about. Currently you still need to keep your UI in JavaScript / HTML / CSS so Web Assembly isn't going to be replacing that to deliver "f

It's too soon to worry about. Currently you still need to keep your UI in JavaScript / HTML / CSS so Web Assembly isn't going to be replacing that to deliver "fat apps" just yet. Regardless, when there does come a time that WASM has full DOM access you'll just be replacing a ton of JavaScript and other code with WASM bytecode. Today you can already transpile many languages to JavaScript and some frameworks even allow you to never even touch JavaScript and still create web applications. I don't see this being much different with the exception that you'll no longer be required to used or transpile to JavaScript and this could end up faster (that's a big COULD and will probably depending on what you're doing and how).

jimmaswell 9y ago
You can also draw your own UI entirely in a canvas and only use the minimum HTML/CSS to set that up.
- D_Guidi 9y ago
  There (was?) a framework that does exactly this, I don't remember the name...
  - markdog12 9y ago
    Tough to know exactly what you mean, but there are some UI frameworks running in WebAssembly here: http://floooh.github.io/oryol-samples/index.html http://floooh.github.io/oryol-samples/index.html
    - D_Guidi 9y ago
      Something like http://www.zebkit.com http://www.zebkit.com
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  - TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
    There's not just one. You can run Qt apps in the browser, for instance.
  - FragenAntworten 9y ago
    React Canvas is the one I'm aware of. https://github.com/Flipboard/react-canvas https://github.com/Flipboard/react-canvas
- D_Guidi 9y ago
  There (was?) a framework that does exactly this, I don't remember the name...
- Touche 9y ago
  A pretty bad idea though.
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bigato 9y ago
Or you could just sidestep the DOM completely and render something else without JS/HTML/CSS
- BinaryIdiot 9y ago
  Now THIS is what I'm interested in. The HTML / CSS / JS triple threat has existed for, what, two decades at this point? So many other techniques have emerged for rendering GUIs and I would really love to see more exploration into this, even if it circled back to HTML / CSS / JS being the better bet I'd still highly value the experimentation.

jimmaswell 9y ago

You can also draw your own UI entirely in a canvas and only use the minimum HTML/CSS to set that up.

D_Guidi 9y ago
There (was?) a framework that does exactly this, I don't remember the name...
- markdog12 9y ago
  Tough to know exactly what you mean, but there are some UI frameworks running in WebAssembly here: http://floooh.github.io/oryol-samples/index.html http://floooh.github.io/oryol-samples/index.html
  - D_Guidi 9y ago
    Something like http://www.zebkit.com http://www.zebkit.com
    - deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
- TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
  There's not just one. You can run Qt apps in the browser, for instance.
- FragenAntworten 9y ago
  React Canvas is the one I'm aware of. https://github.com/Flipboard/react-canvas https://github.com/Flipboard/react-canvas
D_Guidi 9y ago
There (was?) a framework that does exactly this, I don't remember the name...
Touche 9y ago
A pretty bad idea though.
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bigato 9y ago

Or you could just sidestep the DOM completely and render something else without JS/HTML/CSS

BinaryIdiot 9y ago
Now THIS is what I'm interested in. The HTML / CSS / JS triple threat has existed for, what, two decades at this point? So many other techniques have emerged for rendering GUIs and I would really love to see more exploration into this, even if it circled back to HTML / CSS / JS being the better bet I'd still highly value the experimentation.