Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-11-12 Thread Ray Cromwell
On Oct 29, 6:29 am, lkcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rummikub has 110 images loaded onto the page.  firefox takes about 5-8 seconds to add all the tokens, one-by-one with javascript (compiled from python of course). pyjamas-desktop, usingwebkit, takes about 2 seconds.  the javascript is gone

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-29 Thread rusty
I'm partly humoured partly intrigued. How would this GWT have access to the File System and other such resources, since by definition javascript can't do any of that kind of thing. What if it wants to do other cool things on your system? I've never been a fan of building bad desktop clients,

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-29 Thread Lothar Kimmeringer
lkcl schrieb: so, in this specific instance, being able to migrate - pretty much instantaneously and with zero code modifications from a [too-slow] browser-based environment to a [very-fast] desktop-based one would be a definite advantage, yes? especially given that 1) running compiled

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread lkcl
On Oct 26, 10:16 pm, ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this thread makes me laugh :) I will continue to : -use pyjamas only in bed i _love_ talking about pyjamas because i get advertised about women's nightwear with googlemail. -use GWT for building my sizzling new web app -use J2SE to

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread lkcl
On Oct 27, 9:35 am, Thomas Broyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/10/27 Guy Rouillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ross, you are thinking too narrowly.  Think of a single code base.  When it runs on the desktop, it has access to local file system and other OS facilities.  When it runs in a browser

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread lkcl
On Oct 27, 2:51 am, Ian Bambury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you gave a practical example it might help people understand the benefits ian, hi, i do know what you mean. however, it is quite hard to give a practical example when what you're talking about is that the entire GWT application -

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread lkcl
On Oct 27, 3:54 pm, Magno Machado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the point on running the application on desktop if it will run in the exact same way that it would do on browser?I mean... If the desktop app will look exactly equals to the browser version, with the same look and feel, same

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread lkcl
On Oct 28, 6:17 am, GWBasic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The browser and desktop are fundamentally different environments, pyjamas-desktop shows that that's no longer really the case; it shows that there are sufficient concepts in the DOM model to map one-for-one into desktop widget set

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread Lothar Kimmeringer
Ian Bambury schrieb: I write desktop apps when I have to because I need to use the local file system plus or minus the web, or when I need to eliminate the lag of the net or I need my users to be able to work in a lead-lined box or on the train in tunnels that haven't yet been fitted with an

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread Ian Bambury
Hi Lothar, I can't actually think of a single situation where I myself would design a web app (or even a desktop app) with 10,000+ tree nodes open at the same time, and I don't think I've ever come across one while surfing the web, but if I'm ever forced to build one that the general public might

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread Lothar Kimmeringer
Ian Bambury schrieb: I can't actually think of a single situation where I myself would design a web app (or even a desktop app) with 10,000+ tree nodes open at the same time, and I don't think I've ever come across one while surfing the web, but if I'm ever forced to build one that the

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread Ian Bambury
So independent of the fact that you might not be able to imagine reasons, it doesn't mean that there aren't any ;-) Oh no, I wasn't suggesting that at all - quite the opposite. It's precisely because I *don't* have the imagination that I need help :-) For example, if you are writing

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-28 Thread Lothar Kimmeringer
Ian Bambury schrieb: For example, if you are writing applications where browsers are forbidden, then why would you write it as a browser-based application and then convert to a desktop app and never use the browser version? If you're developing an application that should be sold as

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-27 Thread Thomas Broyer
2008/10/27 Guy Rouillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ross, you are thinking too narrowly. Think of a single code base. When it runs on the desktop, it has access to local file system and other OS facilities. When it runs in a browser like GWT does today, it degrades nicely and only loses

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-27 Thread Magno Machado
What's the point on running the application on desktop if it will run in the exact same way that it would do on browser?I mean... If the desktop app will look exactly equals to the browser version, with the same look and feel, same functionalities, it's better to not have a desktop version at all

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-26 Thread lkcl
On Oct 26, 4:18 am, GWBasic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see the point. GWT is designed to run in a browser; it's designed to run in a browser - and with a little bit of work, can be turned into a _desktop_ widget-set with an *identical* interface. if you want to do a true desktop

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-26 Thread Ian Bambury
however, you _should_ be designing your app around an MVC concept of some kind _anyway_. Is everything else officially politically incorrect now, then? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Web

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-26 Thread L Frohman
(or something like that) but I haven't had time to look into them. -- From: lkcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:12 PM To: Google Web Toolkit Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop On Oct

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-26 Thread Guy Rouillier
ross wrote: Limiting your desktop application to run on a JRE equivalent to that which is emulated by the GWT will by quite funny. Let's do the time warp baby Ross, you are thinking too narrowly. Think of a single code base. When it runs on the desktop, it has access to local file

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-26 Thread Ian Bambury
If you gave a practical example it might help people understand the benefits Ian http://examples.roughian.com 2008/10/27 Guy Rouillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] ross wrote: Limiting your desktop application to run on a JRE equivalent to that which is emulated by the GWT will by quite funny.

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-25 Thread GWBasic
I don't see the point. GWT is designed to run in a browser; if you want to do a true desktop application, there are plenty of desktop development systems that are much better. C#, Java, Objective C... They're a dime a dozen. If all you're looking to do is get rid of the browser chrome and give

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-23 Thread Jaco Van Staden
:) Rather than copy the previous messages here, I'll just point you to the threads which you can read from the archives: ANN: Pyjamas 0.3 Released Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop And here are some links the original author provided: http://pyjd.org for Pyjamas-Desktop http://pyjs.org

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-23 Thread Guy Rouillier
you :) Rather than copy the previous messages here, I'll just point you to the threads which you can read from the archives: ANN: Pyjamas 0.3 Released Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop And here are some links the original author provided: http://pyjd.org

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-22 Thread Jaco Van Staden
Hi... I just picked up on this thread. How does this work and where can I read more about this project? Is there a way to have GWT code running on mobile apps? Looking forward to hearing from you :) On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:46 PM, lkcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I known nothing

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-22 Thread Guy Rouillier
you to the threads which you can read from the archives: ANN: Pyjamas 0.3 Released Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop And here are some links the original author provided: http://pyjd.org for Pyjamas-Desktop http://pyjs.org for Pyjamas For your last question, GWT is (clever) Javascript

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-21 Thread lkcl
I known nothing aboutpyjamas, but I'm intrigued about what lkcl has been discussing. What he has done (and is suggesting could be done with GWT) is to have a browser-based application (via a Java-Javascript translater like GWT) and a desktop application (via a direct Java runtime) derived

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread Thomas Broyer
On 17 oct, 15:45, lkcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  does anyone want to be able to run applications written for GWT as a *desktop* application?  if so, port GWT _back_ into pure java, using Java bindings to Webkit's DOM model to manage the screen. Or just package your GWT app as an Adobe AIR

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread Arthur Kalmenson
You could also use something like Prism or Fluid to run it as a desktop app. Bind it to Google Gears and you're good to go. -- Arthur Kalmenson On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Thomas Broyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17 oct, 15:45, lkcl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone want to

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread walden
much :-)  does anyone want to be able to run applications written for GWT as a *desktop* application?  if so, port GWT _back_ into pure java, using Java bindings to Webkit's DOM model to manage the screen.  ... is that better? :)  l. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread lkcl
On Oct 17, 3:14 pm, Thomas Broyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17 oct, 15:45,lkcl[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone want to be able to run applications written for GWT as a *desktop* application? if so, port GWT _back_ into pure java, using Java bindings to Webkit's DOM model to

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread Ian Bambury
I'm obviously missing something here... I have a requirement to build an Ajax web site. To make the coding easier, I use GWT so I can write in Java. i'm advocating running _native_ java - because all of the javascript is replaced You are suggesting that I write it in the GWT subset of Java,

Re: Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-17 Thread Guy Rouillier
Ian Bambury wrote: I'm obviously missing something here... I have a requirement to build an Ajax web site. To make the coding easier, I use GWT so I can write in Java. i'm advocating running _native_ java - because all of the javascript is replaced You are suggesting that I

Suggestion: GWT port to Desktop

2008-10-16 Thread lkcl
folks, hi, as you've no doubt seen, i mentioned in the announcement of pyjamas 0.3 that there's a parallel project, pyjamas-desktop, which is a port of pyjamas to run as a desktop widget set and framework. it works ... incredibly well, thanks to webkit. the way it's done is by some glib /