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Javascript for GUI development

Javascript for GUI development

Posted Oct 4, 2012 15:05 UTC (Thu) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185)
In reply to: Javascript for GUI development by rfunk
Parent article: XDC2012: Programming languages for X application development

Except, of course, that the Linux desktop isn't stagnating with C and C++. That was the contention of the presenter, whose knowledge simply was years out of date.

I did my first Linux desktop GUI application in a "modern" language in 1998 -- python in that case. I did my first HTML and JavaScript desktop application in 2007. I am right now doing my first Qt Quick application -- which actually is a completely new GUI around an existing application engine. There heave been heaps of other options, like the tcl/tk others have mentioned which I personally am happy never to have to use again, but tastes differ.

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