This is great news! Thanks, Jerome. --tim
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Jerome Louvel <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Following a recent customer project experience involving GXT + GWT + > Restlet/GWT + Restlet/JEE and discussions about the interest of scripting > languages as opposed to a statically type language with Jean-Paul Figer [1], > I reconsidered an idea initially suggested by Yuri de Wit [2] to add a pure > JavaScript edition of Restlet. > > > > Due to the emergence of HTML 5 on all sorts of browser platforms (mobile), > the improvement of JavaScript engines such as Chrome V8 and the overall > convergence with REST and Restlet/Java on the server-side, it seems like a > good time to push for a more RESTful JavaScript client API, reusing the > Restlet API semantics in pure JavaScript. Eclipse 3.6 also improved its > support for JavaScript developments > > > > Of course, we already have the GWT edition of Restlet which provides a nice > solution, but there seems to be room for a more hypermedia driven/document > oriented solution, combining AJAX and UI libraries such as jQuery, Ext JS, > YUI to name a few popular ones. I’ve collected my thoughts on this wiki page > and look forward to reading your ideas and experiences. > > > > “JavaScript edition” > > http://wiki.restlet.org/developers/172-restlet/368-restlet.html > > > > Best regards, > Jerome Louvel > > > > > > [1] REST paper in French: http://www.figer.com/publications/REST.htm > > [2] “Add JavaScript client”: > http://restlet.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=129 > > [3] AJAX Tools Framework: http://www.eclipse.org/atf/ > > > > -- > Restlet ~ Founder and Technical Lead ~ http://www.restlet.org > Noelios Technologies ~ http://www.noelios.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2630968
