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> If javascript could run outside of the browser, I'd use it for everything. node.js?
by a1k0n 14y ago
> If javascript could run outside of the browser, I'd use it for everything.
node.js?
- MartinCron 14y agoI think he meant javascript running client-side outside the browser. The closest analog I can think of is ActionScript in Adobe Flash/Air/Flex, but that's not a mast I would lash myself to right now.
- jakejake 14y agoAs somebody who is stuck for the foreseeable future maintaining a huge AIR app I resemble that comment! It's kinda a drag though because AIR actually provides a fantastic cross-platform solution for desktop apps. Even thought they are in ActionScript, it's extremely similar writing Javascript apps that have model binding. I feel like I've tried every cross platform environment from AIR to Titanium to Java/QT to RealBasic, to Mono and none of them are quite as easy and predictable to get running as an AIR app. I guess going with straight-up C would be better but nobody on my team has that kind of experience. Anyway, probably off topic rant, but I think AIR would be a reasonable choice for a desktop game. The main problem with it right now is that it feels like it's gone out of favor and everybody is abandoning the platform.
- mauriciob 14y agoI have developed a Flash "library" for a web application and I really liked it, but I could never do much in Flash because creating a UI is a pain. AIR is a great idea, but it would be way better (for me, at least) if they incorporated a decent HTML/CSS rendering engine that had the same potential as the ones we see on modern browsers.
- MartinCron 14y agoThe main problem with it right now is that it feels like it's gone out of favor and everybody is abandoning the platform I totally agree. I actually dabbled in making AIR apps a few years ago and found it just great. It's really the lack of access to the iOS platform that killed AIR for me.