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What would be interesting is if someone made a web-based GUI wrapper around such apps. I am sure it would be possible, considering that curses-based wrappers h

by xtacy 16y ago

What would be interesting is if someone made a web-based GUI wrapper around such apps. I am sure it would be possible, considering that curses-based wrappers have been around: http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/ http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/.

anonymous236 16y ago
And put it in the Cloud of course. That would totally rock, ninja-style. ;)
stcredzero 16y ago
There's a commercial extension of Seaside, where they've put all of the Smalltalk development tools and made AJAX webapps out of them. Basically, you can set things up then do everything through the browser. (Webvelocity)
ramchip 16y ago
> a web-based GUI wrapper ...why would you want to do that for a C debugger?
- xtacy 16y ago
  It's just that you write it once and it can run anywhere without "installing" many dependencies other than a browser. No fugly GUIs, no inconsistencies, etc. By web-based I didn't mean it to be on the Internet.
  - silentbicycle 16y ago
    So basically, "web-based" is the new portable GUI library.
    - blasdel 16y ago
      Absolutely — you just open a high port on localhost and open the URL in a browser. I've used this technique before on consulting projects with great success.
      - VMG 16y ago
        That's not really web-based then, more HTML-based.
- Groxx 16y ago
  I've actually thought about making something like this. My reasons: collaborative coding + debugging, and IDEs without needing an environment aside from your browser (coding + compiling + debugging code on the device it's made for).
  - MasterScrat 16y ago
    We actually tried to make something like that with a friend a few years ago. It didn't end well but it was an interesting experience. What's left of it today: http://www.gravytea.com/labs/metacoding/ http://www.gravytea.com/labs/metacoding/