More amazing JavaScript demos
On the heels of my recent find, I stumbled on this collection of multiple JavaScript demos. I’m both blown away by many of these, and yet, at the same time, becoming slightly jaded by all the JavaScript goodness being realized these days. On one level, I *know* this stuff is possible, so it doesn’t feel like ‘magic’ like these sorts of things did years ago. On the other hand, these are just so darn *cool*, it’s hard not to think that JavaScript frameworks will continue to improve and rival ‘traditional’ RIA tools (Flash, Flex, Silverlight, etc).
Have a look at these couple demos:
http://js-fireworks.appspot.com/
Do these sorts of things continue to carry the same feeling of ‘magic’ for you that they did when you first saw them?
No magic feeling for me because I know they’re built with HTML, a technology that is really, really lame as far as application frameworks go. I actually get a sinking sensation when I see these kinds of toys because if application development goes this way, we’ll all be stuck using Javascript instead of C#. Uggh.
Wow – a bit of a downer there, eh Wayne?
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Yes, it is a bit of a downer that people are using html/javascript as an SDK.
Certainly HTML 5 Canvas can be backed up by good tooling. Overall, a better solution than siverlight, flash or javafx.
Answer: let’s have more of it. Keep c#, java and the rest on the server side.
… so Wayne B, how should we be using html/javascript? Please, humor me! I’d love to throw myself under C# to get borged to death (slowly), but you make feel so unworthy.
@Wayne B: Well, we don’t, actually. It’s like saying that people are using C# as a framework. Make sense? Thought not.
Currently the CommonJS standard is emerging, which provides a rich server-side API for javaScript framwork such as node.js.
For years we’ve already built non-closed rich clients in frameworks such as ExtJS or Dojo, using proper MVC, JSON-RPC/REST and client-side templating, hierarchical widget models, you name it.
Check some of this out, and I’ll guarantee it will make your development easier, if you’re doing web stuff at all, that is.
Cheers,
PS
The real shame is that more people aren’t using a freely available platform such as Javascript. It’s free. Apps written in Javascript are instantly deployable to virtually all desktops in the world regardless of operating system. There is a very capable and helpful community supporting Javascript development. Javascript is an object oriented language that is understood by all major browsers.
You will be able to use C# as soon as there is a compiler which compiles your C# code into JavaScript!
Wayne B you’re living in a bubble. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not personal, computer science is not about Microsoft.
@Wayne B: Generating websites using .NET may be fine, but being limited to using a .NET server (and thus, Windows) is… ehm… senseless. The times when people liked to be crippled by MS are over.
We do have the Mono world which doesn’t completely tie someone to MS-only servers and tech, but it’s probably going to be treated like a second-class citizen by most devs for years to come. :/
Having said that, I’ve noticed that Silverlight has pretty decent JS interop built in. Seems to indicate to me MS themselves are probably more concerned about interop and community than some of their most ardent supporters