On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 10:18 -0400, Jacques Carette wrote:
> skaller wrote:
> > Every language needs a killer app.. :)
> > OMG! Why not just use the web server? A PORTABLE GUI
> > which can do anything we want. including launch Felix code,
> > even remotely.
> >
> Ever look at XUL and Firefox? It's not far...
Well, that's the point. We don't have to write a GUI, program
all sorts of complex features etc .. just use existing browsers.
Instead, specialise the *server*.
For example, elsewhere I mentioned the idea of a telnet style
connection to a running Felix program, allowing one to switch
debugging features on and off in real time.
Having worked in a telco environment .. well conventional
debuggers are useless for serious applications. You need
fairly sophisticated remote monitoring, configuration
modification, live updates, etc.
OT (where I worked) used Java and Corba to connect to the
telco apps -- telnet (command line) just doesn't cut it
in a multi-threaded environment. You HAVE to have
visualisation tools:
telco-app <---> Corba <---> Java GUI
Anyhow, I think of the model:
felix-app <---> web-server <----> browser(s)
as a debugging/monitoring/control model .. not because it's
optimal, but because the browser and client/server interface
are already extant and well specified .. and everyone has a browser
(or two, or three .. :)
--
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
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