Hello all, These days I thought about the development of BOINC Manager, especially abou wxWidgets and new issues we faced with new upcoming release. And I got an idea to rewrite BOINC Manager and make it more platform independent than before. What if we decide to rewrite it using Typescript as a development language and chrome as tool to run it the way like Microsoft develops it's popular products like: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode and https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlopsstudio
Positives: - We get very powerful support to render every type of content we want. This way we can solve problem with news show in HTML format. - We can potentially involve 'fresh blood' (developers) who can support application development (as I see now more young people prefer JS and similar languages rather that old-fashion C++). - We can redesign Manager application from scratch to make it more modern. - We can make it even 'multiclient'. - I am not completely sure but as I see it now we will need less job to make it cross-platform and there will be less platform dependent code. Negatives: - I have no experience using Typescript so I can work on it like a manager only. - We will need at least one year of intensive development to make first release. - We will need to recruit new volunteer developers. I can work on this but I can't promise fast results. What do you think, guys? Thank you for your attention. Best regards, Vitalii Sent via Android _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu https://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
