Hey Sivan, If you can give me any pointers on how this is supposed to work on Harmattan, I could do the testing and think about how we could add such a feature to Nemo.
Cheers, Timur On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > I am aware of that :) I was more trying to create a discussion around the > possible ways of packaging and development cycle for browser based apps. > HTML5/JS support exists in Qt Creator as per my discussions in > #qt-creator@freenode from yesterday, but needs testing and surely work to > support on-the-fly packaging and zyppering for Mer. > > I think it'd be safe to bet that not many tried deploying HTML5/JS apps to > Harmattan such that could provide good enough testing coverage, but I might > be wrong and the CI system might fill in where human hand is missing. > > Has any work done on that already, or what's the status? (opinions and > feedback also welcome) > > Cheers, > > -Sivan > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Simonas Leleiva < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 19 December 2012 13:25, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So from quick check, it seems that creator supports all the editing >> features >> > including deployment (as expected since html5 apps were also part of the >> > MeeGo developer story) to Harmattan. >> > >> > Left to check: if this already supports 'upstream' meego (and hence Mer) >> > deployments through rpm packaging and see how agnostic the process is to >> > enable other IDEs that users might fancy using to be supported (like the >> > Android story). >> > >> > -Sivan >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Sivan Greenberg <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> Seeing we need to somehow support this story in the same ease of use >> I'd >> >> like to bring this up for discussion. >> >> >> >> As I see it we could enable the following: >> >> >> >> - Use QtCreator for HTML5/JS developer; Since WebKit/V8 is part of the >> >> stack here I don't suppose there should be substantial issues in making >> >> QtCreator an HTML5/JS editing tool if not already applicable as such. >> >> >> >> - Support smooth testing and deployment on device through either one or >> >> all of the following: >> >> 1. Creator already supports the QtQuick application project, so use >> this >> >> work and change it to be a HTML5/JS Application very much in the same >> >> manner, replacing QmlApplicationViewer with HTMLApplicationViewer >> perhaps >> >> (WebKit is great help here). >> >> >> >> 2. Incorporate a lightweight http server, and through the setup of >> >> developer's Local LAN (same way like setting up Creator to deploy to a >> >> device) when hitting 'RUN' , application is serving on the development >> work >> >> station and a remote SSH call fire up the browser on the Mer device, >> >> pointing it to the right URL to view the HTML app for testing. >> >> >> >> It should be also possible to base upon the work of the Cordova >> approach >> >> with Android and come up with a IDE agnostic way for deployment and >> then >> >> allow both users of creator and other tools to add support for Mer >> HTML5/JS >> >> app dev and testing. >> >> http://wiki.qt-project.org/PhoneGap_for_Qt_5 >> >> source: http://www.merproject.org/logs/%23mer/%23mer.2012-04-25.log.html:) >> >> >> >> >> An interesting discussion got started after the San Francisco dev days >> >> which we could benefit I think if we use the opportunity to extend >> runtimes, >> >> is here >> >> >> http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2012-December/008425.html >> >> (recommended read for anybody who wants to contribute here). >> >> >> >> Thoughts and feedback? >> > > -Sivan >> > -Sivan >> >> Cheers, >> Simonas >> >> >> > > > -- > -Sivan >
