Linux 'Weblications' with SashXB

Ches2000Pro writes "Via Wired News, IBM has announced a new Linux scripting environment called SashXB. From their description: SashXB is an open source application environment that exposes native functionality to JavaScript. It's ideal for web developers with HTML and JS skills who want to write full-featured native applications, as well as experienced programmers who'd appreciate the convenience of rapid application development. SashXB is being released under the LGPL license." It's not exactly new, but seems to be quite usable now. Has anyone used this?

Comments

popups

[Anonymous Coward]

great, now native apps will be opening popups!

too bad

[GutBomb]

another reason billg can claim that a web browser is an integral part of the OS.

JavaScript?

[Anonymous Coward]

So it'll need code forks for every OS and every distribution and every processor and every case color? Sounds like fun.

Browser OS

[TheViffer]

For instance, SashXB weblications can currently run in a simple window, in a Glade-designed UI, in a GNOME panel, or even in a console-based scripting environment. Future locations might include ScreenSaver, Nautilus, and an embeddable Bonobo component. We have also written extensions to access the native filesystem, play Vorbis files, parse and construct XML documents, communicate with other machines using the Jabber protocol, use FTP, and interact with the UI using GTK and Glade, among other things.

Dang. Makes me wonder why we even need operating systems anymore.

Re:Huh?

[Asprin]

exposes native functionality to JavaScript

You mean things like `rm -rf /*`

YOU SEE, YOU SEE! LINUX *IS* BECOMING MORE LIKE WINDOWS!!!!!!

oops.

[room101]

Oh, I thought it said SlashXB. Nevermind.

Thank you

[Grape Shasta]

It's all these great new terms like "weblications" that make this world of new technology (or worlnewology!) a better, happier place.

I don't like this at all!

[Anonymous Coward]

Polluting linux with crappy applications written by script kiddies and web programmers is NOT the way to bring it to the mainstream! Sure, it worked for Windows, but our marketing budget is significantly smaller....

Do we need another scripting language?

[evilviper]

What scripting languages do we have now? SH, Perl, Python, Ruby, Javascript, etc. There's plenty of them. Why can't we just stick with one (i.e. Perl) and end the needless complexity.