Sounds very interesting. However, no real compilation means that it won't be any iphone port for a while.
- Matt On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Guyren G Howe <[email protected]> wrote: > I took computer science in college with the original, one-man author of > REALbasic. One of the most gifted programmers you'll ever meet. And > REALbasic is still unique: the only high-level language that compiles native > code desktop apps on Mac, Windows and Linux. > > He's finally at it again. His new project, icodemac, is an IDE and > framework for application development in Javascript. This means he's > leveraging the Spidermonkey JS engine, so he can focus on the ide and > framework. Plus, JS is a pretty fine language, and Spidermonkey is *fast*. > > He has beta IDE and framework running on the Mac. He stated at one point > that he intends for icodemac apps to run in the browser. I asked him about > Windows and Linux, and he said: > > Well let's just say I have a list of target platforms which includes all of > the ones you have mentioned, plus a few more that are also compelling. > > > Yesterday, he said: > > and I've got one of the other target platforms up and going in proof of > concept now: > > iCode for iPhone > > > He has also said that he is planning on making the framework, but not the > IDE, open source. So if it doesn't run on your platform of choice, someone > else can make it do so. > > I am pretty excited about this project. Develop apps that run *anywhere* > from a single code base in a nice language. > > <http://icodemac.com> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
