On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:38 PM, hawkett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > There are a certain class of applications that modify their code at > runtime - is the intention that these use the restful Closure > JavaScript compiler API?
What sort of runtime modification are you talking about? > One of the downsides to GWT is the need for > compilation (there's no compiler on GAE) - also making this a > *requirement* of a straight javascript solution takes away the > 'dynamic' part of a 'dynamic language', and turns it into, well, just > a language. Not at all - all the dynamic features of Javascript are available to you, whether you use the Closure library compiled or not. > The Closure JavaScript library does allow us to run > without compilation, so we can use it dynamically, but as the original > poster noted, it takes up some pretty serious space - it would be > great to see google host this on a CDN to support this alongside the > compiled scenario. Thanks, > Apart from any issues with hosting, serving a production webapp with the uncompiled closure code will substantially slow things down for your users, as they are required to load (potentially) tens of javascript files instead of just a single one. -Nick Johnson > > colin > > On Nov 7, 10:03 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > > > > Are you referring to the recently-released Closure JavaScript library? > The > > intention is that you use it with Closure Compiler, producing a single > > script you can include with your app, so there's no need to include the > > entire thing. > > > > -Nick Johnson > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 6:18 PM, acuth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Closure library download is 149MB and 2,933 files. I don't really > > > want to have that as a static dir in GAE. Does Google host it anywhere > > > so it can be referenced from a GAE app? > > > > -- > > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration > Number: > > 368047 > > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
