On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:29:25 +0100 Ingemar Ragnemalm <inge...@ragnemalm.se> wrote:
>[...] > After some initial fiddling, I realized that there was a misspelling in > the wiki, and Hello World worked once I use -Jirtl.js rather than > -jirtl.js. Fixed. > And then I got some of the provided demos running too and > managed to write one of my own. So it looks good! > > Here is an early result, expressing my feelings for this release: > > http://ragnemalm.se/images/santa/santa.html > > I couldn't get sound working, but otherwise it seems to work as it > should! (I hope it does for the rest of you.) Beautiful. Can I add the URL as an example? Mattias > > /Ingemar > > Den 2017-12-17 kl. 12:00, skrev Michael Van Canneyt: > > From: Michael Van Canneyt<mich...@freepascal.org> > > To: FPC mailing list<fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org>, FPC > > development mailing list<fpc-de...@lists.freepascal.org>, Lazarus > > mailing list<laza...@lists.lazarus-ide.org> > > Subject: [fpc-pascal] First pas2js public release > > Message-ID:<alpine.deb.2.20.1712161655180.32...@home.telenet.be> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > > > > > Hello fellow Pascal enthousiasts, > > > > It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce the first publicly > > available version of pas2js. A "beta" version, version 0.8.39. > > The endpoint (for the time being) of nearly 10 years of (slow) development. > > > > pas2js is a Object Pascal to Javascript transpiler. It compiles Object > > pascal, and emits Javascript. The javascript is usable in the browser, and > > in Node.js. > > > > It is open source, and part of FPC/Lazarus. > > This makes Free Pascal a full-stack development environment for Web > > Development: > > You can use it to program the server and the browser alike, all from within > > the environment you love so much:) > > > > What does pas2js include ? > > -------------------------- > > > > * On the language level: > > > > It supports basically Delphi 7 syntax, interfaces excepted. > > Naturally, any memory pointer operation is not possible in Javascript. > > Code that relies on this will not work. > > > > This is just the first version, we of course want to add the same language > > features that exist in Delphi and FPC today. > > > > * On the runtime level: > > > > Beside the compiler itself, there is a basic Object Pascal RTL, > > and several units from the FPC Packages are also available: > > > > system > > sysutils > > Math > > strutils > > rtlconst > > classes > > contnrs > > DB (yes, TDataset) > > fpcunit testsuite > > custapp > > restconnection > > js (javascript system objects) > > web (browser provided objects) > > libjquery (jquery is available too) > > nodejs (basic node runtime environment) > > typeinfo > > objpas > > browserconsole (support for writeln) > > dateutils > > browserapp > > nodejsapp > > > > * Debugging: > > > > Obviously, the browser debugger can be used to debug the Javascript. > > But there is more: the compiler can emit a source map, and this means that > > if the browser finds the source file, it will display the original source > > file instead of the javascript. You can debug Object pascal in the browser. > > > > * Demoes ? > > > > The package has several demoes, including FPReport, TDataset, JQuery and > > Bootstrap. > > > > * Documentation ? > > > > As befits an open source project, docs are lagging behind :/ > > > > But a WIKI page has been started, it will be expanded as time permits: > > > > http://wiki.freepascal.org/pas2js > > > > * Sources ? > > > > The pas2js compiler sources and RTL sources have been checked in in FPC's > > subversion repository. The page describes where to find it in SVN. > > > > * Binaries ? > > > > A snapshot is available: > > http://www.freepascal.org/~michael/pas2js/pas2js-demo-0.8.39.zip > > > > * Reporting bugs ? > > > > The FPC bugtracker has now a 'pas2js' project, it can be used to report > > bugs. > > > > * Can you help ? > > > > Yes, of course. There is still a lot of work to be done. > > Feel free to contact me or Mattias Gaertner with questions. > > > > What about Lazarus ? > > -------------------- > > > > Lazarus "understands" the extensions to object pascal (for importing > > Javascript > > classes) that were borrowed from the JVM version of the compiler, so the > > code completion will continue to work. > > > > Using the pre-compiler command, CTRL-F9 just works. On error, you will be > > shown the error location etc. > > > > Further and deeped integration of pas2js into lazarus is expected. > > In the first place, IDE integration. > > Later on, a real widget set for the browser can (and hopefully will) be > > created. > > > > But that is not all ! > > --------------------- > > > > In the very near future, a major Delphi component vendor will announce a > > complete package for RAD web development in the Delphi IDE. > > The expectation is that later on, the exact same components will be usable > > in Lazarus. In essence, the component developer has created a complete > > browser > > widgetset. More than 100 controls are available. > > > > Using this, you can design a web application as you design a desktop app; > > Fully RAD, as you are used to. But even more, you can bind controls on a > > form to existing tags in a web page, thus preserving the style in the web > > page. > > > > The first demoes for a selected audience have evoked very positive feedback > > indeed. > > > > All this is based on pas2js. > > > > As soon as I receive permission, I will announce here where it becomes > > available. > > > > Lastly! > > ------- > > > > On a more personal note, I wish to explicitly thank Mattias Gaertner for > > finally > > finishing what has been started a long time ago. > > > > Without him, none of this would have been possible. > > > > The same is true for Detlef Overbeek, editor of Blaise Pascal magazine, > > without his moral and financial help, it would have taken many more years to > > finish this. > > > > It is - for me - a long standing dream finally come true. > > > > Enjoy ! > > > > Michael. > _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal