Gnome Goes JavaScript

mikejuk writes "Much to most programmers' shock and dismay Gnome has made JavaScript its main language for apps. It will still support other languages and it still supports C for libraries, but for apps it is JavaScript that rules. JavaScript seems to be a good choice for Gnome 3, as the shell UI is written in the language. It is also consistent with the use of JavaScript in WinRT, Chrome Apps, and FirefoxOS apps, and generally the rise of web apps. As you might expect, the initial reactions are of horror at the idea that JavaScript has been selected rather than the favorite language of the commenter. There is a great deal of ignorance about (and prejudice against) JavaScript, which is often regarded as an incomplete toy language rather than the elegant and sparse language that it actually is."

Comments

Re:Aprils Fools?

[gl4ss]

it's gnome.

you know, their main competition as they perceive it is mozilla os, chromeos and tizen - of course they go javascript, since that's what their competition is using!

they really have some dumb fucks running the show.. the stuff they do makes total sense if you forget totally who gnomes main user base is and who is likely to use it in future and for what purpose - and if you subscribe to the "industry hype newz for dorks" magazine (iDesHyp-ezine). or more aptly put, perhaps they're some dumb fucks who want a job in said projects since there's actual money floating around them?

Re:Aprils Fools?

[Runaway1956]

Javascript. I kinda like javascript. My Linux box doesn't enjoy much attention from exploit writers. But, the javascript people did manage to hijack my browser a couple of times. Javascript. Yeah - make my entire desktop run on javascript, so that malware writers can more easily support Linux. Sweet. What more could a guy ask for? Instead of merely hijacking my browser for something relatively benign like a Rick Roll, they can hijack my desktop. What sort of fun can we have then?