Developing Applications with KJSEmbed

Rich writes "Ian Geiser of SourceXtreme has released an interesting HOWTO showing how you can use KDE's embedded JavaScript tool to write quick-and-dirty apps. The apps can use the features of Qt and KDE to pack a lot of punch for a small amount of code. You can find it on his website."

Comments

Re:interface scripting

[Simon]

The current problems with using DCOP right now for scripting and macros type stuff are:

* There is very little documentation about what DCOP interfaces programs like Kate have, and how they can be used for writing small scripts and macros.

* The existing DCOP interfaces are not designed for the ease of use by scripters/powerusers. They are built directly on top of the C++ implementation.

* The DCOP interfaces are often not complete enough to make it possible to script everything that can be done via the GUI.

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Simon

Re:KDE has embedded javascript? This explains a lo

[Jerk City Troll]

If you hate it so much, then don't use it.

I can't stand it when people bitch and moan about a some technology being too <negative_adjective> when it comes to open source. (Especially when people like you make complaints and don't even bother to substantiate them in any way. What you offer is purely opinion.) If you're in a position to use KDE, then you are not using Windows. If you are not using Windows, then you are in a position of choice.

And that's really the whole point, isn't it?

KDE is a desktop environment, not a window manager like you are asking for. In this case, KDE is trying to provide a platform that is both easy to use and serves the needs of rapid application development. These are things that will help make it a more viable alternative to Windows and tools like VisualBASIC which can be great for quick prototyping. Of course, I don't know what the point is of defending it on these grounds. It's a tool, one of many, well suited to certain tasks and perhaps not so well suited to others.