My interest is to use my IUP desktop Script BASIC code untouched on the Script BASIC HTTPD application server. I can generate browser code (text) from Script BASIc efficiently without the bloat of translated C to JavaScript code. The same Script BASIC extension modules (cURL, MySQL, SQLite, ODBC, ...) I use on the desktop can be used with the Script BASIC server. I'm able to share (R/W lockable) variables among threads. It really doesn't get much easier.
I'm keeping this as BASIC as possible. On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 20:32 -0800, Eric Wing wrote: > On 1/23/17, John Spikowski <supp...@scriptbasic.org> wrote: > > > > Eric, > > > > I'm confused. > > > > I’m merely fulfilling IUP’s own self-proclaimed mandate. I’m not > doing > anything particularly special here. I'm just implementing a new > backend for IUP, just like all the other backends. From the first > paragraph on the main IUP website: > > > (1) “IUP is a multi-platform toolkit for building graphical user > interfaces.” > > (2) “IUP's purpose is to allow a program source code to be compiled > in > different systems without any modification.” > > (3) “it uses native interface elements.” > > > > So to wrap your head around this, basically: > > - IUP currently has native backends for Windows, GTK, and Motif which > allows > for native GUI apps on those platforms. > > - I introduced IupCocoa, which is a backend written using Obj- > C/AppKit > so we can take cross-platform IUP apps to Mac and get the native GUI > experience on Mac. > > - I introduced IupCocoaTouch, another backend written in Obj-C/UIKit > so we can take our IUP apps to make native iOS apps. > > > - I introduced IupAndroid, another backend written using the Android > SDK with Java/JNI, so we can take our IUP apps to make native Android > apps. > > > - So finally, imagine the web browser itself as a platform (a peer to > Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, GTK, Motif). (Since the web browser > duplicates so much functionality of what we normally find in > operating > systems, some people have referred to the web browser as an > “operating > system”. This might help your mental model, e.g. Windows, Mac, Linux, > Web Browser.) > > So this is just another backend for IUP so now we can take our IUP > apps and make “native” web browser apps. > > > There is nothing magical about this concept. A web browser backend > for > IUP is not fundamentally different than any of the other backends > (e.g. GTK). It is only implementation detail on how to get there. > > > > Based on your confusion, I’m guessing you haven’t watched or haven’t > fully grokked “The Birth & Death of JavaScript” talk I recommended. I > recommend you watch that (again). Take notice of the Unreal Engine > example. What we normally would compile and ship as a native app for > Windows/Mac, they now recompile their exact same code base, targeting > the Web Browser as the platform instead. So instead of making users > download/install a native Windows/Mac app, users can run the exact > same program through the web browser instead. > > https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javas > cript) > > Once all these backends are in place, IUP users can offer their users > multiple options for their programs, e.g.: > - Windows version > - Mac version > - Linux x64 version > - iOS version > - Android version > - Web browser version > > So, say the user is running on a Raspberry Pi. Oops. They don't get a > native version. But they can fallback to the web browser version. > > Also, not everybody likes to download/install apps, especially if > they > only want to try your app out or expect they just need a one-off. > Having a web browser option can be nice for people like this. > > -Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Iup-users mailing list > Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Iup-users mailing list Iup-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iup-users
