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morphic in javascript = flash, ajax, and more - full desktop app functionality in a Web browser without additional plugins since it is all available via javascript. dave west On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 17:03:54 -0700, "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]> said: > [I realize this is a bit OT because we were targeting desktop > scripting, but given the javascript solution, drifting into the "web" > with both client and server side programming, I thought it would be OK > to diverge a bit.] > > Well, if the Browser is the Computer, one of the issues I've run into > is multiple languages: one on the server, and another on the browser. > Java was popular because you could use the same language on both > sides: servlets and applets. > > But there is yet another javascript rebirth going on: server-side > javascript. John Guerin pointed this out to Steve and me while we > were working with the Google App Engine, and I was kvetching about > having to deal with javascript in the client (google maps, primarily) > and python/django on the server. > > Jaxer is the critter that pulls off this magic. > http://www.aptana.com/jaxer > http://ejohn.org/blog/server-side-javascript-with-jaxer/ > I've never liked most of the server-side solutions, they were just too > ugly. Php for example was really designed as a "web shell", not a > full featured language (IMHO). But Javascript is a nifty enough > language that having on both sides of the wire is compelling. > > And Aptana is another alternative to Google App Engine and Amazon EC2, > and considerably cheaper than the latter. > > I haven't used it yet, so would love to hear of other folks' > experience with jaxer and server-side javascript. > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
